$100 3 left, marginal spot with AT

smittyuiop · #1 07-05-2007, 02:18 AM

Long time reader first time poster. This spot had me pretty confused.

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t120 (3 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

Hero (t2950)
Button (t5090)
SB (t5460)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Button raises to t420, SB calls t360, Hero...??

Button is good TAG player, whenever he plays a hand he plays it really strong, usually clicking 'POT' then 'BET' at his action. SB is aggressive but a little loose and ran good to get to last 3. Shove picks up 900 or so but could likely be dominated. A stop n go raise to 1300 might look scary but probably commits me. Anyway I called...

Hero calls t300.

Flop: (t1260) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, Button bets t1260, SB folds, Hero ...?

He thinks for just a little bit and pots it, which is half my stack. Stick it in, or does he have to have a bigger hand to bet that strong into two people who called his pf raise and are very likely to have hit that flop?

vm1124 · #2 07-05-2007, 02:24 AM

i would just push preflop. as played, i get it in here.

ManChild · #3 07-05-2007, 02:37 AM

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i would just push preflop. as played, i get it in here.

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pokerman777 · #4 07-05-2007, 02:44 AM

why are you call preflop if you didn't wanna play top pair ?
push flop .

AMT · #5 07-05-2007, 04:11 AM

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i would just push preflop. as played, i get it in here.

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KPL · #6 07-05-2007, 05:32 AM

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A stop n go raise to 1300 might look scary but probably commits me.

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What do you mean by this?

I would also have pushed this preflop, as other have been saying. A TAG player loosen up when ITM, and you're ahead of his range. A push increases FE and the fact that you're OOP won't matter anymore

Shillx · #7 07-05-2007, 05:37 AM

Don't push PF. Go AI on the flop.

vm1124 · #8 07-05-2007, 06:37 AM

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Don't push PF. Go AI on the flop.

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Shillx, you seem to be a very respected poster here, but Ive also noticed you seem to think differently than a lot of the veteran low limit sng players.
Can you explain y you dont like pushing preflop here? There is t960 in the pot when it is hero's turn to act pf, and he is facing a raise from an aggressiver opener and a cold call. Seems like a pretty standard push to me.

DonkZilla · #9 07-05-2007, 06:41 AM

the blinds are surprisingly small for after the bubble. Isnt going all in here a little aggro, considering the tag raiser?

vm1124 · #10 07-05-2007, 06:45 AM

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the blinds are surprisingly small for after the bubble. Isnt going all in here a little aggro, condering the tag raiser?

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no not really. with the cold caller in the middle, there is a lot of money in the pot already, almost 1000 chips. Hero's stack is not too big for a resteal here.