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 Folding AK in NL tournament, jaustin, 4. Sep 2003 07:57 | ||
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| Here's the situation: 30 person tournament with 20 left. I have ~2200 chips (average 1500) and the button and get dealt AK. Blinds are 50/100. One limper from MP. I raise it to 300. SB folds. BB raises to 1000 (out of 1800) and limper folds. I've played quite a few of these tournaments with the BB and he is very aggressive (i.e. all-ins with AQ, AJ, small pocket pairs, buys blinds quite a bit with big bets from all positions). I've also been stealing quite a few blinds so he could be trying a re-steal. Should I fold to his bet here? Tourney pays top 5, but my main objective was to win not money. In my mind it was a 20% chance of a re-steal, 20% chance of Ax, 20% of AA or KK, and 40% of another pocket pair. I ended up pushing all-in (figured call was the worst option) to lose to AA. Also, in general, what are your criteria to fold AK in a tourney? I do it when there is an all-in bet before me that has been called or if it's a tight player going all-in (unless he's a small stack). Thanks. | ||
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| Re: Folding AK in NL tournament, palman, 4. Sep 2003 08:08 | ||
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| It does depend your read on your opponnent. If I've played with a guy and seen him make a lot of bad all in bets/calls I might have done the same thing. It is still early however, and you have time for better moves perhaps later on in the tournament, so risking your whole stack could be questionable, but with AK not that questionable either way. | ||
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| Re: Folding AK in NL tournament, noiseboy, 4. Sep 2003 08:52 | ||
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| Unfortunately, that's the rub. Even people with loose raising standards sometimes wake up with AA's. Personally, I think it's early enough in the tournament at this point to let AK go to a big reraise, considering the fact that you are a dog not just to AA and KK's (where you are a big dog), but also a slight dog to any other pair. However, sometimes you let it go, and especially against an action player, it turns out that folded the best hand. But poker authority TJ Cloutier says, if you can't lay down the best hand from time to time, you can't win in poker tournaments. You can see the logic in what he means, if you NEVER lay down the best hand, then you are just a calling station and will call off all of your chips. Anyway, the situation you mentioned is difficult because of the player you are against. You weren't sure of your read, so I think you should have folded; however, I wouldn't say you should always fold in this situation if you know this player will come over the top without a hand. | ||
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| Re: Folding AK in NL tournament, trwebb26, 4. Sep 2003 09:32 | ||
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| In your situation - with the above average stack against a pre-flop all in early in the tournament - I would've laid it down. "A raiser - never a caller be." | ||
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| Re: Folding AK in NL tournament, shorn, 4. Sep 2003 10:54 | ||
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| I think you fold here. Too early in the tournament and you don't have anything yet...your AK is a drawing hand. The time for coinflips is when you have a short stack, or late in the tournament when doubling up can guarantee you top 3. | ||
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