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    Default loose-aggressive on bubble isn't working

    This is a typical game where I go out on the bubble. Some things I've read say to play super tight on the bubble, and others say to play extra loose-aggressive because everyone else will be too tight. Nearly every time when I play loose-aggressive here, I keep pushing medium to strong hands at <10bb, and everyone plays super tight until several hands into it, before I've picked up enough blinds to get a decent chip lead, someone finally calls me and turns over AK or QQ. What should I have done?

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    Last edited by fakedecoy; 05-10-2010 at 12:38 PM.
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    #2: I probably bet the flop and turn a tad stronger.
    #3: I think you could fold this pre although I don't think the raise is bad.
    #6: This is one of those hands where all your options suck so I think you have to open fold the 66 in EP. With 30BB limping is no good and I think a raise is just a bit loose. Facing a flat-call then raise I'm definitely letting this go.
    #9: I like the shove here.
    #12: Probably OK. I prefer to have a hand like 89s here though.
    #13: Shove pre.
    #17: I prefer a shove here. I guess if you are balancing it's not so bad.
    #18: Fine.
    #19: That's a fold for me. BB is getting almost 2 to 1 so should be calling with almost his entire range. Maintaining your fold equity has value so it's probably OK for this to be -1% in SnG Wiz, but my feeling is that with any reasonable calling ranges it's going to be more like -4%.
    #20: Fine.

    Pretty well played, better luck next time
  3. #3
    Thanks for the detailed analysis! So maybe I'm not crazy doing the maniac thing the last several hands.

    #6: This is one of those hands where all your options suck so I think you have to open fold the 66 in EP. With 30BB limping is no good and I think a raise is just a bit loose. Facing a flat-call then raise I'm definitely letting this go.
    I completely agree. It felt bad as soon as I made both bets. Sometimes I only see what a bad move it is immediately after I've done it, but not while I'm considering it.

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