Pop Quiz (part XXXIX) - Call Shove or Fold

[robilaruk]

10 seat cooler, I am the tightest player on the table, the raiser is 2nd tightest and its bubble time whats my play? Damo 100.00/200.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 24 October 2008 22:31:32 Cooler (Real /Tournament ) Seat 2: 1gentleman (1994.00) Seat 4: will2k8 (1970.00) Seat 5: mamiblu68 (4603.00) Seat 6: slundi (2040.00) Seat 7: robilaruk (2275.00) Seat 8: capitain06 (2118.00) robilaruk post SB 100.00 capitain06 post BB 200.00 ** Deal ** robilaruk [Jh, Jd] *** Bet Round 1 *** 1gentleman Fold will2k8 Fold mamiblu68 Fold slundi Raise to 400.00 Hero????

[GaF]

Re: Pop Quiz (part XXXIX) - Call Shove or Fold I think I shove. Dont mind a fold (indeed it's probably a better choice). A call is terrible. I think he should probably fold, even with Aces, but you cannot count on him knowing that. (If he had aces he should have open shoved and noone could call - picking up 300 here is fine!) The Gap in these is absolutely huge - much much much more so than other forms of poker - so often you can shove with any two, and others cannot reasonably call with anything (even aces) - success in these games is all about the chips you can pick up pre flop without seeing a flop (let alone a showdown). It's why Slapdash can play them profitably without looking at his cards :loon