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 SnG Advice, Dr_Monkey, 7. Aug 2003 16:19 | ||
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| $10 SnG at Empire Table Bachelor Party (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button Total number of players : 4 Seat 3: lt2180 (2460) Seat 6: Dr_Monkey (915) [ME] Seat 8: iamnice (3545) Seat 9: hottuna (1080) hottuna posts small blind (150) lt2180 posts big blind (300) ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to Dr_Monkey [ Qc, 2d ] Other small stack appeared to be a novice. Early hand, he was heads up. Decent bets, preflop and flop. He was calling. Turn comes. Pot about 400, maybe 500. He bets 50. Other guy bets 400. He folds. From this I put in my notes he is a novice, possibly steal blinds from later. (Good observation?) the two big stack are not really bullying us. They are smart enough not to butt heads with each other too. What hands would you play? UTG [ Qc, 2d ] BB [ 9c, Kc ] Everyone folded to me. What if they raised? SB [ Ah, 9c ] I called Flop. [ 7c, 8s, Jd ] both check Turn [ 7c, 8s, Jd ] [ 5h ] I figured my Ace was good. So I bet. He folded. Button [ Td, 3d ] Good enough to steal? UTG [ Qd, 3c ] BB [ 2c, As ] SB raised me 550. I folded. Correct play? SB [ Tc, Td ] I have 1065 UTG has 480. BB has 3095 My thought was to call BB if it was folded to me. Probably should raise, but with UTG small stacked, I don't want to commit more than 50% stack. Is this logical thinking? I have to think the UTG is getting desperate. He folded everything. He goes all in. I put him on Ax, Maybe Kx. I call. BB goes all in. My first thought is he is bluffing. Thinking of it more, I should have put him on a strong hand. But better than 10 10? I call. Thinking I should be beating the UTG. If the BB has a better hand, I should get 3rd anyway. BB had JJ UTG had K9o I came in third. Was my all in call too loose? I would have 600 left, but at 150/300 I think I had to play the 10 10. | ||
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| Re: SnG Advice, Mark Gregorich, 7. Aug 2003 17:50 | ||
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| Here's my analysis on your situations as you presented them. I'm using $150-300 as the blinds, as that was what you specified for your last hand, although if the blinds were smaller it may change the way I would play a couple of the earlier hands: Q2 off UTG - not playable except in rare cases K9 suited, BB - it was folded to you, but if someone had raised, I would lean towards playing it for all my chips (assuming 150-300 blinds and a stack of approx. 900). You will be getting a price of better than 2:1, and your opponent's hand doesn't figure to be that big of a favorite. Plus, if you do fold, you only have 600 left, and 150 of that goes into the SB next hand. If this hand is unplayable, then you have 450 and your opponents are forced to call when you do play a hand. Playing 4 handed, I would welcome a hand this strong in this situation. A9 off in the SB: folded to you, assuming same stack and blinds, I would move all in without hesitation. Calling simply allows you to get outplayed after the flop if you fail to flop a pair, as the large stack in the BB should make a bet if you check, regardless of his holding (you have already announced you are weak by just calling, and then checking the flop). Also, A9 should be the best hand here, but it isn't such a powerhouse that I wouldn't rather win the blind money and go on to the next hand. 10-3 suited on button : I would tend to fold and wait for a better spot, even without lots of chips - if blinds are very tight, then go ahead and take a shot (btw, with 900 in chips and 150-300 blinds, taking a shot means going all in, not making it 600- any smaller raise just prices in the blinds, and you sure dont want any action if you raise with this piece of garbage). Q3 UTG - folding is good BB A2 offsuit, confronting a raise to 850 by the SB; essentially, the SB has put you all in, so you must decide whether you want to play for all your chips here. With 900, you are getting exactly 2:1 odds (his 900 plus the 300 you have in the pot; to which you have to put in 600 more). There aren't many SB vs BB situations in which I think I'm a 2:1 underdog with an ace in my hand - I'm very likely to be a favorite in the hand, so I'll generally play it in this situation. If you know the SB is a world class rock, it may be better to wait, though; but you just don't have much time to wait with your small stack. TT in the SB: You made a good read that the UTG player was desperate and needed to make a move. However, having discerned that, I would have moved all my chips in to shut out the BB, who would likely call with hands like KJ, Ax, or any pair (he may call with some of those hands anyway, hoping to bust the short stacks, but why give him a better price?) Plus, once you call the UTGs raise, you have about half your chips in the pot, and are more or less committed if the BB moves all in anyways (I would have called his raise here too). Two tens isn't strong enough to want to play against two opponents, and the BB is certain to call the UTG's less than full raise if you smooth call here. Bad luck to run into jacks, but that's poker. Hope this was helpful; Mark Gregorich | ||
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| Re: SnG Advice, Dr_Monkey, 7. Aug 2003 18:35 | ||
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| Thanks for the analysis. It was very helpful. | ||
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