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 AQ IN LATE TOUNAMENT, Jared Drigant, 6. Sep 2003 10:41 | ||
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| Well everyone, this is my first post, but it is the one that will probably mean the most to me. I was playing an online freeroll satellite for PP where 4th through 10th makes $25 3rd is worth $100 2nd gets $250 and first is worth a $7,000+ package to A.C with the WPT. There were five people left and the blinds were 250-500. I had A-Q offsuit. The big blind was the small stack and I was on the button. The person prior to me made it $1000. I seized the opportunity and moved all in. I anticipated the big blind would call because he only had $380 left after his blind. The raiser was a question to me but he called and turned over A-J off. As luck had it, I saw a jack fall on the turn which wrapped up my tournament. Did I do the right thing? | ||
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| Re: AQ IN LATE TOUNAMENT, Formless, 6. Sep 2003 11:32 | ||
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| I'm not sure what is the right play. Hard to say for sure unless you include stack sizes. If you fold, you give UTG raiser who probably has a good hand a chance to bust the BB who has to call 380 with random cards. If you do this he'll probably bust the BB around 60-65% of the time, now you are guaranteed $25 4th place money without risking anything. If you flat call, it will be 3 ways on the flop. Here is where the two live players will check it down unless they hit big in order to bust the all-in player. If your opponent is not a dummy he will consider checking to you all the way to the river, which is good for you. Since it's late in a tournament I'll assume everyone's stack is kind of low. If there are antes in the pot then you at least call for sure. The real money in this tournament is the sweet first prize, everything else is just a set of steak knives. So you have to play for first place. If you think UTG can get out of line and you've got the best hand then go ahead and shove all in here because you are playing for first place. AQ is not a great hand to reraise a player in this spot but if he would raise with A9, 77 type hands you are probably around a 6:5 fave over him and the rest of the blind money gives you a nice overlay. I'd move in with AK for sure and probably fold AJo to a tightish raiser, so it's right on the border. n 6. Sep 2003 10:41 Jared Drigant wrote: > Well everyone, this is my first post, but it is the one that will probably mean > the most to me. I was playing an online freeroll satellite for PP where 4th > through 10th makes $25 3rd is worth $100 2nd gets $250 and first is worth a > $7,000+ package to A.C with the WPT. There were five people left and the blinds > were 250-500. I had A-Q offsuit. The big blind was the small stack and I was > on the button. The person prior to me made it $1000. I seized the opportunity > and moved all in. I anticipated the big blind would call because he only had > $380 left after his blind. The raiser was a question to me but he called and > turned over A-J off. As luck had it, I saw a jack fall on the turn which > wrapped up my tournament. Did I do the right thing? > > | ||
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| Re: AQ IN LATE TOUNAMENT, Jared Drigant, 6. Sep 2003 12:12 | ||
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| Thank you for the reply. He would most likely raise any ace suited or not. In addition, I think he would move all in 10-10 through below, but try to trap j-j and above. Just a guess. Does anyone know the probability of me being cracked there even? I am so frusturated | ||
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| Re: AQ IN LATE TOUNAMENT, flintsword, 7. Sep 2003 08:17 | ||
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| Welcome to UPF Jared. Your first post with the big question. As coincidence would have it, I was in a similar situation yesterday in a pokerstars multitable (433 players) where I made the final table with the low stack (in 9th chip position). I had AQo on the button and a player UTG raised, as in your game. I folded it since clearly he was not after me, he was after the blinds! If I had AA, KK, AKs, or maybe QQ, I would have raised. My choice. As it turns out, the raiser and the BB duked it out and one player left the table. I folded AQo and won. A few hands later I had a PP that allowed me to take the pot and rebuild my stack a bit. Eventually I fought to 4th place. As a general rule, to call (or reraise!) a raise in early position, you have to have a very, very, very good hand or be willing to take a risk. This "general rule" applies more to ring games than tournaments, since the objectives are different in tournaments. Survival is the fundamental rule in tournaments followed closely by the rule to relieve your fellow players of as many chips as you can. Note the order of these rules. If the raiser had a large stack, his objective was to relieve the BB of his chips, hopefully all of them. To do this he had to have a real hand and probably did. You don't make the final table of a multitable raising with 72o regularly. You should fold and let the raiser do his job, to make the BB weaker or eliminate him completely. Your turn may be next, ... but on your terms. Please note that this is my opinion and comment. I am fairly certain some of the pros here will beg to differ, ... since the arguement can be made that you will not go far chucking AQo too often. I mean really in this particular case. You may want to read the thread on AJo a few days ago. Good luck in your games! flintsword | ||
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| Re: AQ IN LATE TOUNAMENT, Jared Drigant, 7. Sep 2003 08:27 | ||
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| Thank you very much for the reply. I understand what you are saying and to an extent I think I should have called rather than raised because I had to know he was playing something legit. But then again, he was an equal stack to me and I feel that the only hands I'm in dealy trouble by are AA KK QQ or AK. Furthermore, once he turned his cards over he showed AJ and I felt very confident. But as you can see, sometimes the underdog does win. If I am confident that he would raise A-anything should I read that and make the play I did, or should I still toss AQ? | ||
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| Re: AQ IN LATE TOUNAMENT, robert french, 7. Sep 2003 09:21 | ||
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| on 6. Sep 2003 10:41 Jared Drigant wrote: > Well everyone, this is my first post, but it is the one that will probably mean > the most to me. I was playing an online freeroll satellite for PP where 4th > through 10th makes $25 3rd is worth $100 2nd gets $250 and first is worth a > $7,000+ package to A.C with the WPT. There were five people left and the blinds > were 250-500. I had A-Q offsuit. The big blind was the small stack and I was > on the button. The person prior to me made it $1000. I seized the opportunity > and moved all in. I anticipated the big blind would call because he only had > $380 left after his blind. The raiser was a question to me but he called and > turned over A-J off. As luck had it, I saw a jack fall on the turn which > wrapped up my tournament. Did I do the right thing? > > | ||
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