Folding a pair BEFORE THE FLOP!?

[Xaston]

Game #1285254174 - Tournament $80,000 R&A - 600/1,200 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2006/02/13-22:45:38.5 (CST)
Table "$80,000 R&A 64" (MTT) -- Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: cochice1977 (45,431 in chips)
Seat 2: outlaw56 (8,445 in chips)
Seat 3: cardmerchant (37,179 in chips)
Seat 4: Seanuuu (10,475 in chips)
Seat 5: Xaston (33,553 in chips)
Seat 6: FULLTILT xx (25,520 in chips)
Seat 7: propome2 (11,853 in chips)
Seat 8: pokerkingvn (51,315 in chips)
Seat 9: eddogg0815 (12,425 in chips)
Seat 10: jimmybrendan (5,545 in chips)
outlaw56: Ante (75)
cardmerchant: Ante (75)
Seanuuu : Ante (75)
Xaston : Ante (75)
FULLTILT xx: Ante (75)
propome2: Ante (75)
pokerkingvn: Ante (75)
eddogg0815: Ante (75)
jimmybrendan: Ante (75)
cochice1977: Ante (75)
Xaston : Post Small Blind (600)
FULLTILT xx: Post Big Blind (1,200)
Dealt to Xaston [ 9d ]
Dealt to Xaston [ 9s ]
propome2: Fold
pokerkingvn: Fold
eddogg0815: Call (1,200)
jimmybrendan: Fold
cochice1977: Raise (2,400)
outlaw56: Fold
cardmerchant: Fold
Seanuuu : Fold
Xaston : Raise (6,000)
FULLTILT xx: Fold
eddogg0815: Fold
cochice1977: Raise (42,956)
Xaston posts on BTP to find out what to do.............

[Kuso]

i'd fold.... and then read Theory of Poker again, seriously.


anyway, i only think you can call if you know this guy can make this move with overs (or less). even then, i'm not sure i'd want to risk my tournament life on what would be, at best, a coinflip.






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[NWCougar]

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