Has nothing to do with me being unwilling to risk it all vs a random hand.trever said:Care to explain this? I don't understand why you are unwilling to risk it all vs. a random hand, but are happy to get it in vs. a strong one.
1: 88 is a big hand preflop HU
2: I would guesstimate 88 would be roughly 55-58% against hands that are willing to call your shove
3: When your opponent folds (most of the time) you gain an insignificant amount of chips. 2/3rds of one BB.
If #1 is true, that 88 is a big HU hand, do you really want to be playing one of your big hands in a way that gains you nearly nothing most of the time and has you as a small favorite over his calling range the rest of the time? I don't.
When you factor in #4: my opinion that his range of shoving over your standard raise is bigger than his range of calling your open shove it's an easy call in my book.