88 call T on 6TT4 board?

Hi!

This I would raise preflop. Your hand is ahead of two limpers and trying to isolate yourself with them is pretty good. If more ppl come along its also no problem with 88.

Flop call seem kindda bad to me because if you think you are ahead often enough(and I think you are) then clearly you should raise to protect again other players. And if you play this on odds and outs you dont really have enough of them and action is far from over so if you think that you arent ahead often enough I think folding is best actually.

After MP raises you should clearly call again.

Turn Im not folding.He may even just have a FD,not to mention some AK type of hands that people play like this on this stake. Also pot is not very huge.

If you were on the river and this happens then you should clearly fold.

So... raise preflop, clearly raise flop! as played, turn call,river Im calling 1BB and folding if such action happens.

Originally posted by Dawnfall26
This I would raise preflop. Your hand is ahead of two limpers and trying to isolate yourself with them is pretty good. If more ppl come along its also no problem with 88.

Strange, the SHC says I should just limp. It's close though, 99 would be enoug for a raise according to the SHC.

Originally posted by Dawnfall26
Flop call seem kindda bad to me because if you think you are ahead often enough(and I think you are) then clearly you should raise to protect again other players. And if you play this on odds and outs you dont really have enough of them and action is far from over so if you think that you arent ahead often enough I think folding is best actually.

Yes, it's clear (according to odds and outs) that I should fold if I don't think I'm ahead. The difficult question is: am I ahead? 5way I'm not sure about this, they could all easily have a T and CO could even have an overpair.

1. SHC is tight, sure limping 88 is totally fine but I think raising should be better since it gives you more chance of isolating yourself in a 3way pot where 88 will be a favourite.

Preflop its very unlikely anyone has overpair to your 88. so only hands you are afraid are Tx. Since UTG+1 can obviously donk a huge amount of hands(6x,draws,spazz) you are clearly doing well vs him and even though there are 6 more cards in the game Tx hand is still not overly likely and if you manage to actually make them fold when they dont have it you did yourself a great profit since pot is not small. Also you will gain a lot more info with a raise than just call.

lets have a quick talk about preflop strategy. I really hate the ORC on pokerstrategy, horribly outdated and bad overall.