Daily Poker Quiz: Archive

87s in the SB
2008-08-10

You have about 15 big blinds in the small blind at a cash-game table. A fairly loose player in early position raised to 3x the big blind, and two players called. There are 3 + 3 + 3 + 0.5 + 1 = 10.5 big blinds in the pot, and you have 87 suited. All remaining players have you covered. What should you do?





Fold (correct)
I'd go all-in, as would Phil Gordon, from whom I've borrowed this example. The raiser won't be able to call easily, and neither will the callers of the first raise - after all, if they'd had a hand that good, they would have raised already. The money in the pot makes it a good move, and if you're called by a hand such as AK, you have odds anyway. Folding is completely acceptable too, though.

Call
I'd go all-in, as would Phil Gordon, from whom I've borrowed this example. The raiser won't be able to call easily, and neither will the callers of the first raise - after all, if they'd had a hand that good, they would have raised already. The money in the pot makes it a good move, and if you're called by a hand such as AK, you have odds anyway. Folding is completely acceptable too, though.

All-in (correct)
I'd go all-in, as would Phil Gordon, from whom I've borrowed this example. The raiser won't be able to call easily, and neither will the callers of the first raise - after all, if they'd had a hand that good, they would have raised already. The money in the pot makes it a good move, and if you're called by a hand such as AK, you have odds anyway. Folding is completely acceptable too, though.



Result:

Fold 35%
Call 47%
All-in 18%

Totally 870 vote(s)