Insta-push? (just checking)

[taipan168]

POKERSTARS GAME #3704565850: TOURNAMENT #18393561, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL V (75/150) - 2006/01/21 - 00:56:11 (ET)
Table '18393561 1' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: taipan168 (1385 in chips)
Seat 2: cherry101 (1005 in chips)
Seat 3: Munsterplatz (625 in chips)
Seat 4: stangerfor3 (7375 in chips)
Seat 8: US Bloke (1610 in chips)
Seat 9: swadey (1500 in chips)
cherry101: posts small blind 75
Munsterplatz: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to taipan168 [Th Tc]
stangerfor3: calls 150
US Bloke: folds
swadey: raises 150 to 300
taipan168: ????

[Sprayed]

I would. You are ss and need to make a move with the bb at 150. If villian has any clue how to play he should have moved AI as well IMHO. If you have a read on him you should be asking yourself why he didn't move in and only min raise it. But a min raise doesn't always mean a monster and wants action. Again, he might not know that he needs to push.

[fjuanl]

I think this is a good pushing situation. You would be playing OOP if you just called the raise. I think your looking at at the better end of a coinflip or you have him dominated. I would be surprized by a fold because hes raising when UTG already limped in (ususally means strength)

[a500lbgorilla]

Stay aggressive

[skorpeo]

It looks like a good spot. Swangers mini-raise could be suspicious, though.

[TLR]

Push

[aleksandr]

yup

[boost]

easy push here, more often then not, esp at lower limits, a min raise means weakness.. or alteast it doesnt mean a monster. Also there was a limper before him, then he min raised. Thats even less supicious, crappy players often do this with low pps and stuff, for what reason? hell if I know... But with that few chips I dont think you have a choice here unless you specifically saw this guy minraise early and show down AA or KK

[taipan168]

Swangers mini-raise could be suspicious, though.

Swadey had limped AQo in EP, limped KQo in MP and raised 99 4x BB on the button with one limper. Anyway, I pushed, he insta-called with KK and to rub it in, caught a K on the flop! (No I didn't catch runner runner 10s)

I think I would have lost all my chips here whatever - if I had just called the min-raise, he would have checked his set of Ks on the flop, I would have pushed, same result. Thanks for the feedback guys.

[boost]

yah, even if the flop comes different, with 1 over card not being an A you still get all your chips in. ANd of course if theres no over card you get your chips in. Just push preflop

[zenbitz]

Put a note on him that min/raise is strong (at least sometimes).
The tricky bastards are the ones who always min/raise....