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I started Day 2 of the WPT Foxwoods main event with $72k at $400/$800 with a $100 ante, and a great table draw.
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Question of the Day Friday, Nov 21, 2008
No-Limit Hold'em
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Flop$37
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Your Hand $200
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Button $200
$32
- Small blind $180
- 1st $300
- 2nd $120
Background:
In a six-max game online, it’s folded to you in the cut-off and you raise to $6. It is then folded to the BB, a good but fairly standard TAG, who makes it $18. You call and see a flop heads-up of 6
5
2
. Your opponent bets $32.
Options:
What should you do?
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