AJs on the bubble $109 rebuy

iSTRONG · #1 03-06-2006, 02:51 PM

38 places pay, 40 players left. I'm in the bottom 25% but can most probably fold my way into the money... Villain is 16/13 over 50 hands...

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t1500/t3000
(Ante: t150)
8 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t32294
UTG+1: t39210
MP1: t36822
MP2: t16031
Hero: t26155
Button: t124564
SB: t57989
BB: t25466

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is CO with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
2 folds, <font color="cc3333">MP1 raises to t9000</font>, MP2 folds, <font color="cc3333">Hero... ?</font>

Beachman42 · #2 03-06-2006, 03:48 PM

In my on-going hatred for A-J, I am beginning to see the roots of my dislike. What range do you put villian on? Is he being aggressive during the bubble? Is he trying to get in the money & thus only playing premium hands? Really, 16/13 isn't very useful over 50 hands near the button.

If villian is a decent player, then I guess maybe AA-TT(?) AK-AQ suited & off. My reason for a tight range id the CL in the button and CL#2 in the SB. I don't see a decent villian making a move here with air. If you can give me a better read on him, then maybe this range can be wider. Also, he has committed 25% of his stack.

However, against this range, its a pretty easy fold.

NHFunkii · #3 03-06-2006, 03:58 PM

there's no freakin way his range is that tight
that said, I'd fold here

iSTRONG · #4 03-06-2006, 03:59 PM

I didn't have any reads on villain tbh... I hadn't paid much attention to the game [I deserve to be bubbled out just for that...] all I had to go with was PT data...

Beachman42 · #5 03-06-2006, 04:16 PM

I'm curious, how wide of a range do you play here? The 3X BB bet is 25% of your stack. If you don't scoop the blinds, I'd have a hard time getting away from my hand here. Also, this is a $109 rebuy. I'd expect the field to be stronger than the run of the mill MTT. Obviously I have never played a 109r.

iSTRONG · #6 03-06-2006, 04:23 PM

well i wouldn't play AJs if villain had a smaller stack or a much bigger stack... I just thought that so close to the money I had some FE... especially that I had been playing tight until then. I thought I might even be able to make him fold TT JJ AQ