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60-Minute Master: Spin & Go Part 4, Determining the Situation

Just as in any form of poker, our main objective in Spin & Go’s will be to steal the blinds without being contested. In order to do this, we need to determine whether there is a reasonable chance that an opponent is interested in the pot. We can find this out by seeing if one of our opponents has raised or limped, indicating that he has a reason to put even more chips in the pot. Our opponent’s previous action will affect the types of hands we will be willing to play. In short, if an opponent shows interest in the pot we will need a stronger hand than normal to put additional money in the pot ourselves. 

Here’s an example:

Let’s say we are in the Small Blind with a small pair, something like 22-55. If the Button has shown strength by raising to 2BB and has a 20bb stack we will not be playing this hand. However, if the Button folds preflop, then we have the option to go all-in with our pair versus the Big Blind. This is because, in this situation, our opponents have not indicated any strength, not to mention we only need to get through 1 player from the Small Blind compared to when we’re on the Button.

QUIZ TIME

Should we be more willing or less willing to go all-in vs our opponents in the following situations. Check your answers below the banner.

Questions:

  1. We are in the BB. The BTN folds and the SB min raises. 
  2. We are in the SB and the BTN folds.
  3. We are in the BB and the BTN min raises and the SB calls. 

Answers:

  1. We should be less willing to go all in. The SB shows strength here. We need to have a better hand than usual to go all in.
  2. We should be more willing to go all in. No opponent has shown strength. We only need the BB to fold to win the pot.
  3. We should be very unwilling to go all in. BTN shows strength by raising and SB shows interest by calling. We need 2 players to fold to win the pot. We should only go all in with our strong hands.

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