DrStrange
4 of a Kind
We are playing $0.25/$0.50 ($20 max buy-in) eight handed. Hero is playing a lot of hands out of the blinds or UTG. The stacks are mostly short, leading to "easy" decisions without much implied odds / reverse implied odds. This is the next of several hands, which are not being posted in order of occurrence.
Cast of characters:
Hero has the small blind and $40 in chips. He has been exceptionally active pre-flop in bad position. Things have been up and down a lot for Hero's stack. Obviously Hero isn't causing much fear even if he is making a lot of action.
BB plays with $25. She is sticky and loose. Her game is characterized by a weird form of micro aggression - "fixed limit" style betting in a NL game. Bets $1 or $2 with less than top pair, $2 or $3 is top pair. $3 to $5 is the nuts or close to it. Pot size could be $100 and she will bet $3.
UTG +1 has $75 in chips. Sticky, passive and loose. She will take chances to go after Hero's chips in places she might fold elsewhere.
Cougar is playing with $50. Tricky trappy, passive loose. He bets draws and slow plays good hands. If he comes out betting, it often is based on a hand value from the previous street.
Button is playing $60. She is our one more aggressive player - not quite TAG but definitely more aggressive than the rest of the table. Her default raise is $1.50.
The hand:
Two limps bring us to Button (UTG +1 and Cougar). She raises to $1.50.
Hero is in the small blind holding
Action on Hero. Fold, call $1.50 or raise? If raising, how much?
Cast of characters:
Hero has the small blind and $40 in chips. He has been exceptionally active pre-flop in bad position. Things have been up and down a lot for Hero's stack. Obviously Hero isn't causing much fear even if he is making a lot of action.
BB plays with $25. She is sticky and loose. Her game is characterized by a weird form of micro aggression - "fixed limit" style betting in a NL game. Bets $1 or $2 with less than top pair, $2 or $3 is top pair. $3 to $5 is the nuts or close to it. Pot size could be $100 and she will bet $3.
UTG +1 has $75 in chips. Sticky, passive and loose. She will take chances to go after Hero's chips in places she might fold elsewhere.
Cougar is playing with $50. Tricky trappy, passive loose. He bets draws and slow plays good hands. If he comes out betting, it often is based on a hand value from the previous street.
Button is playing $60. She is our one more aggressive player - not quite TAG but definitely more aggressive than the rest of the table. Her default raise is $1.50.
The hand:
Two limps bring us to Button (UTG +1 and Cougar). She raises to $1.50.
Hero is in the small blind holding
Action on Hero. Fold, call $1.50 or raise? If raising, how much?
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