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Message: [QUOTE="Polytarp, post: 4629409, member: 312731"] For me, this is a table read first. This depends on my relative stack size, table image and how far from the bubble we are. If I am the first to act with a mediocre stack, even on a pure bluff pre-flop, I am usually only concerned with two or three clever types and I usually lose to a higher draw (anything vs my bluff or my AQ/AK/AJ doesn't hit or a higher pair) but rarely to trips. When my stack is low I go all in with almost anything as do some of the other low stacks because it's a crap shoot and may the luckiest hand hold up. When I'm going all in with 'the royal hands' as in 888 either I am sure of my table image and will take on the entire table or I will only risk it when I am in position. Anything else will not be all-in. For those important games there are no "do-overs" and I would rather sleep soundly on making a good percentage call rather than cussing myself out for an act of stupidity.;) [/QUOTE]