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    Default Thoughts on this slowplay?

    I think my only worry here in slow-playing was pricing in the big blind and risking having two players drawing against me, but I felt that since he was so short-stacked, if he was going to play the hand, he'd move in. I felt that slow-playing would allow me to win the guy's stack if he did or didn't have a hand, since he'd probably push the flop if he had any hand or was just stealing preflop. Would anyone opt to reraise here?

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

    SB (t1603)
    BB (t1070)
    UTG (t2515)
    MP1 (t2622)
    MP2 (t1505)
    CO (t1425)
    Hero (t2760)

    Preflop: Hero is Button with A, A.
    2 folds, MP2 raises to t400, 1 fold, Hero calls t400, 2 folds.

    Flop: (t1100) A, K, 3 (2 players)
    MP2 bets t1105 (All-In), Hero calls t1105.

    Turn: (t3310) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

    River: (t3310) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

    Final Pot: t3310
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    i do that often from the blinds against a MP raise, but not on the button. it's too risky that the blinds will come along and leave you in a tricky spot.
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    Not a bad slow play but you take the chance that maybe he gets scared of the flop if he misses horrbly and decides to keep his 1100 but he would have called instantly to a raise pre flop. Plus u give the blinds a chance to come alone cheap.
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    Don't you think that I only have to worry about the small blind having a hand he'd be willing to call and not raise with, which is just not likely?
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    You got all his chips, so I like it. I also think if you reraise to 800 preflop, he'll probably call or push. If he calls, he's pretty much potstuck. If he pushes, great.
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    you ended up catching one of the best possible hands so it would of been better in this case if other short stacks went all in . I have just been beat too many times with 2 other people in the pot when i have AA so u were giving one of the short stacks a chance to try to go all in to steal or get heads up and the first raiser would of called probably.
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    You got all his chips, so I like it.


    hooray for results, that means the play was good.

    3x raise I'm OK with this play because the blinds are coming along either way, here I don't like it. If I was BB I call with a wide range here and push many flops, and then you're scratching your head. Maybe you're saying you are calling regardless if the BB pushes on the flop, which I guess is better.

    It's clearly wrong from a TOP stand point when viewed from the eyes of the BB, but it certainly makes MP more likely to make a mistake.

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