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[cowboyinexile]

Well, so I guess its push or fold and no in between which is basically what i knew from the beginning anyway. SitNGo Wiz fas it as a fold, but would have me pushing 88. Interesting.

SitNGo Wiz is wrong. I'd shove that all day long.

What's changed your mind from earlier in the thread?

Honestly, I was drunk last night.

[a10fouru]

It is a push or fold situation. But your image and your opponents calling tendencies show make the most of your decision.

If you are viewed as a tight player AND you opponents have not shown a willingness to call a shove with a wide range, then you can shove a wider range..which would include 55. If you have been shoving a lot and getting a lot of folds, you have to understand, at some point, someone is going to make a stand against you and call with a wider range. The problem is this: you are flipping with a ton of hands...67, 89..etc. This is really going to come down to your image, how you think your opponents view you and what range you perceive them calling.

Hopefully this isn't true for you, but if you have never or rarely raise pre, then you definitely shove. But I hope you are opening all hands you feel like laying if folded to you...