$22 MTT Pokerstars
 

I had been pretty laggy and the opponents were even typing about it in the chatbox. Big stack knows I'm loose. I've been kicking ass in the tourney, and we're getting close to the bubble, but I play to win. How to proceed?


PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

Hero (t5995)
UTG+1 (t7785)
MP1 (t4640)
MP2 (t7080)
MP3 (t8075)
CO (t2980)
Button (t1930)
SB (t2260)
BB (t8010)

Preflop: Hero is in UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
<font color="red">Hero raises to t450</font>, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP3 folds</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, <font color="gray">Button folds</font>, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, BB calls t300

Flop: (t975) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets t750</font>, <font color="red">BB raises to t7560 (All-in)</font>, Hero ?

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I'd fold here, I doubt BB is risking 3/4 of his stack at this stage of the tournament to win a t975 pot. I'd expect A9, 99, or 44 here a lot more than AQ or AJ. You've only got 1 pair and plenty of chips to find a better spot.

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instacall.

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instacall.

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lol, i did instacall. wish i had not:)

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instacall; don't be results oriented

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serious? he had A9 FWIW. I just couldnt fold. stupid me.

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In my experience from playing alot of 20 deepstacks, this is almost always a big hand if villian is a typicall opponent.

A weak bet like this isnt weak in itself, but because the player is waektight and afraid to get outdrawn. He has a set probably.
Im surprised he didnt donkbet allin, just in case you would take a freecard.

But since you have a loose image and so, I cant imagin folding here could be right. I would call and hope its a weaker ace, but getting closer to the bubble and so I really doubt that honestly.

Villian is probably playing his own hand, and when he says its worth that many chips im afraid even though we hit a nice flop.

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A weak bet like this isnt weak in itself, but because the player is waektight and afraid to get outdrawn. He has a set probably.

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Your fear of being outdrawn argument would hold water if the flop was A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] but not on an A94r board. What can possibly outdraw a set on this board?

You made a good call.

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Your fear of being outdrawn argument would hold water if the flop was A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] but not on an A94r board. What can possibly outdraw a set on this board?


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Not much thats why he is weaktight...

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I call here everytime.

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Your fear of being outdrawn argument would hold water if the flop was A 9T but not on an A94r board. What can possibly outdraw a set on this board?

You made a good call.

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Eh, maybe it's weak-tight on my part, but in this situation when a big stack risks almost all his chips against another big stack, after his opponent has shown strength by raising pf and then betting the flop - he's usually got more than 1 pair.

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Your fear of being outdrawn argument would hold water if the flop was A 9T but not on an A94r board. What can possibly outdraw a set on this board?

You made a good call.

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Eh, maybe it's weak-tight on my part, but in this situation when a big stack risks almost all his chips against another big stack, after his opponent has shown strength by raising pf and then betting the flop - he's usually got more than 1 pair.

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I agree, and its not weaktight to think so.
I mean in holdem profits come from being able to draw conclutions from your opponents behaivior and make the corrects play from that information;

How likely is he to have a hand we beat?
Is he likely to either be effected by your loose image and decide to go with A-weaker kicker, or do it because he cant muck an ace. Or any other reason to be unusually bold for all his chips?

Or does he just have a great hand and decides to get it allin in when he knows he is ahead. Im serious about this being weaktight and common. I mean why do so many people fail to valuebet the river when they dont have the nuts.
Now we know the result but I believe I would have said this anyway; he is afraid of you and will feel scared if any card commes which makes a better hand possible.

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Since all these posters here are saying call, there's only one thing to do. I gotta play in this tourney.