I have been using an interesting play in my SNGs. I will sometimes create action in order to get my opponents to battle each other. I will sometimes call or re-raise small in order to get someone behind me to push into someone I think is strong who raised before me. This is especially effective around bubble play.
For example, if I have been stealing a lot of blinds and someone before me raises, I might flat-call or re-raise small with a medium strength hand just so that the players in the blinds will think this is weak and jam. Then the original raiser calls with a big hand and takes one of the blinds out. I know I am sometimes contributing dead money to the pot and I will usually pick my spots, but the value of knocking someone out in order to get ITM easily outweighs that.
Thoughts? Comments?
Monday, September 03, 2007
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4 comments:
Would lov eto see some actual hands and situations but it does sound interesting - kind of "inducing a squeeze play for overall positioning value"
You sneaky bastage. I like your thinking. That is a good tool to use in the right situation, especially bubble time.
Fuel, I tried to look up some examples. If I run into any more situations like these I will post them as the happen. It was more of a general feeling that I had when these things happened than anything more concrete.
Its a great idea I had not thought of before.
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