is this ATC push, am i right?
Everest Poker, $250/500 No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 4 Players
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Board:
zen26 (CO): $3,200
germain499 (Button): $2,955
HERO(SB): $4,500
GILLOU76 (BB): $4,345
Dealt to HERO 8♣ 9♣
Pre-flop:
2 folds, HERO??
First to act yes.
And when he folds your in even greater position to terrorize the table.
**EDIT unless BB is a complete loose donkey who will call extra super wide, then maybe not ATC
but in most cases you want to increase the chip lead instead of folding and giving it to him. If he
has the lead after this hand, he can be aggressive and you are stuck being passive.
This hand can actually be the tipping point where you start to run over the table so even if its a -ev push
you make up for it when you are pushing later on.
im on ATC most of the time here.
it only becomes bad once he starts calling KJs/KQs/44+/A9o+
so if you think hes some spewtard who will call you off way lighter than he should then u can fold out your bottom 10%.
89s is a nice hand in this spot too.
You have to fold quite a few hands if he's particularly bad. But he has to be some special type of retard for me to fold 98s here.. we even have good equity against a super bad players calling range (him calling any unpaired hand here is awful)
