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 Tourney hand question, johnny, 12. Sep 2003 07:13 | ||
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| I have T3500. Blinds are T300 and T600. I am dealt QQ in MP. There's a limper before me. If I make a pot sized bet, that's 2/3 of my stack, so I should just go all in instead right?. If I limp and a K or A hits the flop I'm surely dead. I can't imagine anyone limping with less at this point. With 5 or so people to act behind me I go all in and get no callers. My stack increases by almost 50%. I was going to ask if I should have played it differently, but just by typing it out I'm pretty positive I made the right move. Any comments? Johnny | ||
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| Re: Tourney hand question, shorn, 12. Sep 2003 07:42 | ||
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| With T900 in the pot with blinds and 1 T600 limp, there is only T1500 in the pot, so a pot sized bet of T1500 would be a little less than HALF of your stack, not 2/3. I would have raised T1700 (slightly more than the pot size) to show that I am committed to this pot (as I would go all-in if someone else came over the top) and to make the odds of a call T3200/T1700 or worse than 2:1. Since I will be a favorite to AK (granted, 53% to 47%), I think that is the best play. Also, if someone does call instead of going all-in and an A or K comes on the flop, I still have T1800 left or enough for two full rotations. | ||
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| Re: Tourney hand question, chasepoker, 12. Sep 2003 08:57 | ||
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| I would have taken the decision out of my hands and gone all in here, providing you are not right on the bubble or folding few hands will mean you earn a lot more money. If you bet half your stack and the flop come with a single A or K you are going to be guessing if your QQ is good. The only other reason i would not go all in here ( apart from the bubble factor ) was if the guy who had limped had not play a hand for 2 hours or if i ' knew ' he would limp with AA or KK but when the blinds are this size i would doubt that the limper would take the chance of getting called in 3 spots and being multi-way with his big pocket pair Stick it all in, fortune favours the brave !!!! on 12. Sep 2003 07:13 johnny wrote: > I have T3500. Blinds are T300 and T600. I am dealt QQ in MP. There's a limper > before me. If I make a pot sized bet, that's 2/3 of my stack, so I should just > go all in instead right?. If I limp and a K or A hits the flop I'm surely dead. > I can't imagine anyone limping with less at this point. With 5 or so people to > act behind me I go all in and get no callers. My stack increases by almost 50%. > I was going to ask if I should have played it differently, but just by typing > it out I'm pretty positive I made the right move. Any comments? > > Johnny Chasepoker | ||
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| Re: Tourney hand question, Jav, 12. Sep 2003 09:53 | ||
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| With that blind size it's probably borderline. How many people were left in the tourney, and how many spots paid? I think you have two choices there, push all-in, or make a pot sized bet. Then on the flop, if no Ace shows you can push all in. The advantage to that is you give someone who called another chance to fold. (Obviously the danger is someone who might not have called your all-in bet might call the pot-sized bet and pick up a hand). I think which one to do would depend on how many people were left, what the play has been like the last several rounds, how many places pay, etc. Though I don't think either decision would necessarily be bad... | ||
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