by rocketballs » Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:04 am
Good luck waiting for a monster at 6 max. By the time you do get one, someone else will have cleaned them out.
Like you said, this push is good against all the hands you described. Difference here is I don't give them any chance to fold to a scary turn. Sure, many times TT-QQ will fold, but the few times they do call will more than make up for it.
I have no problem with the way you advocate playing this. If I had the nut straight rather than the bottom straight, I raise normal. I flopped a hand that I felt was vulnerable to a redraw, and part of the reason I pushed was that I did not want to see a turn that would force me into a tough spot with half my stack already in the pot.