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[chrisjp]

From the Nightly Hundred Grand--300/600a50

SB 21,900
BB 5,000
UTG 13,000
UTG+1 5,200
UTG+2 20,500
HJ+1 28,200
HJ 19,700
CO 15,500
BTN (hero) 32,300

You are OTB
All fold to HJ+1 who min raises to 1200
you recently moved to the table. The only player you know is SB, a well a known good player.
You have

Your move....

Chris

[leofric]

Fold?

I'm only suggesting this because if we raise we still have no idea what the HJ+1 had if he calls. A5s is still potentially dominated here but position and the initiative help.

If we call then either the SB because he is decent or the BB because of stack size could put pressure on us with a reraise. Besides how do we react if we miss and he c-bets or if an A falls and he c-bets?

Raise is better than call but I'd not worry too much about folding here.

[chrisjp]

Another hand that AKJHoosier commented on. There is a real problem with flatting, not that I like flatting anyway. If you flat and the BB pushes then the original raiser can reraise to isolate. And you are stuck and have to fold, even though OR can be quite weak.

I normally would never consider reraising here absent info about the raiser that he will fold to a 3-bet often. Do some of you agree with a 3-bet, like AKJ advocates? I don't see it.

Chris

[Radford]

I think this is a pretty easy 3-bet if you have been at the table awhile, know your opponents and have the right image. But i think i fold being new to the table and not knowing anything about my opponents.