(15+1): 55 in BB on bubble facing Raise from UTG..

[thnwkd]

utg had been active early, built a stack and lost it, seem to settle down and play solid poker to the bubble. he was the short stack comming into the bubble then became aggr and built his current stack from steals and aggr play.

My question is should i go to war with a pair of fives here? Im pretty sure that opp will call a push here. possible hands: J10s+, A9os+, any pair

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t2780)
SB (t3820)
Hero (t4055)
UTG (t2845)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5, 5.
UTG raises to t600, 2 folds
Hero ????

[Rondavu]

Call with this against an aggressive opponent only if you want to take a risk. Push the action hard on friendly flops. Folding isn't a bad move either. I might find a better spot. I'd rather go to war with this hand against a predictable broadway raiser. With an opponent that has an aggressive opened range, it's harder to feel confident on ALL rag flops. This is a guy who will raise A8, catch a 238 flop, and send you to the rail clutching 55 in your sweaty dead palm.

[konahead]

ain't that a bitch - just when you get something to play with, along comes polly.

Well, given your read, I couldn't push 55 here, and I ain't folding, so as much as I hate to do it, I guess I call and see what the flop has to say. You can afford 10% of your stack preflop to look him up. Hell, you might hit it and destack the boy. Just make sure you check if you hit, but throw out ~1000 if you miss.... (unless the flop is such that it's almost obvious that it hit him - an A or K, etc)

[Rockymv]

You can afford 10% of your stack preflop to look him up. Hell, you might hit it and destack the boy. Just make sure you check if you hit, but throw out ~1000 if you miss.... (unless the flop is such that it's almost obvious that it hit him - an A or K, etc)

If you're throwing 1,000 when you miss (90% of the time) then you're risking more than 10% of your stack on this hand. I'm not sure I want to flat call and play this hand out of position on the bubble.

EDIT: misread the post, thought you were one of the medium stacks. disregard what i've said.

[thnwkd]

ain't that a bitch - just when you get something to play with, along comes polly.

Well, given your read, I couldn't push 55 here, and I ain't folding, so as much as I hate to do it, I guess I call and see what the flop has to say. You can afford 10% of your stack preflop to look him up. Hell, you might hit it and destack the boy. Just make sure you check if you hit, but throw out ~1000 if you miss.... (unless the flop is such that it's almost obvious that it hit him - an A or K, etc)

This is exactly how i felt. I didnt want to push with pk 5s here when i was 80% sure opp would call, but then i didnt want to fold it either. so i opted to just call which i also hate to do. Flop cames 10s 8s Jd, i chkd, opp goes AI and I fold. yuck!

I think calling was the worst line here. So its either grab my nutsack and push, or fold like a lil biotch

any more opinions on playing small pk pairs on the bubble?

[Warpe]

I'll set hunt with a small pair facing a 3x raise but no more. 450 and I call here, 600 I fold. It's arbitrary but it keeps me in line. Shortstacked, I fold.

[MAX]

I think that you should maintain your big stack by folding here. If he is stealing all the time that's one thing, but otherwise I just let this go. If I play this hand then I am raising it, and I don't really want to get that involved when I can fold and still have the biggest stack at the table. If you think he is calling a raise, then you should definitely get out.

[konahead]

It cost you a little over 10% of your stack to see the flop (450 chips - you had already paid the bb).

Not sure why you checked the flop - you thought a JT8 flop hit your opp?

[thnwkd]

It cost you a little over 10% of your stack to see the flop (450 chips - you had already paid the bb).

Not sure why you checked the flop - you thought a JT8 flop hit your opp?

Considering the range i put him on its probable. i just didnt want to get involved any further with this hand, so i basically gave it up and decided to pick a better spot. pretty weak i know.

[konahead]

not really - go with your reads - thats what they're for.