Another week , Another Mission #OOPS365 #Part1 

Here is the hand:

You are at the Venetian, Macao, playing a 200$-400$ game.

You’re surrounded by rich and rather unfunny Chinese businessmen. And honestly, it’s a bit scary.

What a relief when you suddenly catch a glimpse of a familiar face across the room: your friend, Ray.

You don’t pay attention to the dealer giving you the cards while you’re on the Button. You don’t even follow the action when a ninja in early position opens 3 BB. A samurai in middle position calls.

You just shout “Hey Ray!” to your friend.

“Raise, how much Sir?” says the dealer with a strong Chinese accent.

You try to explain that no, you didn’t raise. You were just calling a friend… but you realize that the ninja and the samuraï are staring at you, with a sardonic smile.

The dealer looks at them, then at you: “You said you raise. Too late Sir” he says, looking sorry for you.

You look at your cards and see 7♥5♥.

You try hard not to moan out loud… And your consternation becomes even deeper when you realize that the man you saw passing by… was not even Ray...

You have no choice. You must bet.

You have 90 BB. You opponents have a bit more than you.

How much do you raise?

We have 36,000$ in front of us and it has already been raised to 1,200$ before it is our turn  to act. 7♥5♥in this situation is not the worst hand to look down at. We are being held to a raise but this does not mean it has to be big. The initial raise is 800$ more than the big blind so we can raise the minimum of another 800$ to 2,000$ this meaning that we are only comitting 5 big blinds from our 90 bb stack and can easily get away from a bigger raise.