SNG pair on the bubble | Daily Hand Quiz

Game type: $20 + $2 SNG
Your image: You’ve only shown down strong starting hands
Your hand: 9♥9♠

Preflop: The BB has been very loose & lucky calling all-ins with any ace, king or suited cards. You’re first to act. What’s your play?

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John B.

Got to go for it. At least get the small stack out as he has to call at this point.

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DeiYuo

Easy play, regardless of being on the bubble you are playing to win. If you fold to wait out the short stack you may as well quit playing poker.

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lespat

If you don’t push this hand, what are you waiting for? I guess you could encourage the BB to call with a smaller raise, but I’d rather pick up the blinds and isolate the short stack

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Kyle

Easy decision. All in for sure. Small stack will fold trying to squeeze into money and big blind prolly calling you with nada.

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Mary

I say 900, I don’t think you’re going to get a caller here. The two bigger stacks are happy to see the little guys kill each other, and the button may want to wait and see another hand with no ante in play. I’m pretty sure I am not even risking the 900 as the button only covers 350, if the blinds don’t compete I’m better than okay, and besides 9-9 is great hand four ways.

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ripp

all in, steal the blinds or isolate. if you are playing for the bubble, people become tighter, so steal blinds. if nothing else you will isolate down to one player, you dont want to play any pocket pair against multiple hands. especially a middle pocket pair.

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aaronc

450 in the middle and a strong hand makes the push auto. You dont want a caller, but you sure dont want your opponents to think you will fold to a reraise.
This will be a critical pickup, get those 450 chips and play tight afterwards.

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