Push to Isolate? 5r

[markbris]

No read on the big stack caller, this is either his 1st or 2nd hand at the table. Do you push to isolate here, or just call even tho he can reraise behind you if he was so inclined?


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

UTG (t30673)
UTG+1 (t43130)
MP1 (t24269)
Hero (t35224)
MP3 (t111668)
CO (t7636)
Button (t13808)
SB (t86175)
BB (t41524)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t4000</font>, MP3 calls t4000, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t7486</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero?

[Bond18]

Yes i very probably iso shove unless i have strong reason to suspect MP3 flat calls big hands. Since this is 5r and he's big stack,i want to give him credit for a wider range.

[erc007]

I think i'd prob fold pre (with SS'd CO+BU behind.) As played, an iso shove is fine.

[JammyDodga]

Are we ahead of the SS's pushing range here?

i know with the dead money in the pot, being heads up against him now is definitely +EV, but there's a reasonable risk that the big stack comes along and if he does, we are pretty screwed.

[levAA]

The whole situation sucks and I think this was avoidable if we set CO all in with our first bet.

Calling is not good here, cause we will have to fold if the big-stack behind us pushes.

Shoving is better but still our hand is not very strong and the big-stack still gets good odds to call 1:1,5.

So as we have gone that far I think we have to push, but I really don't like it.

[Rocco]

I'm not all wild about your PF raise with your stack size. I fold QJ here, but raise if we were deeper. As played, iso-shove...

[Sherman]

Def. push to isolate as played.

Raising PF here is really dependent on the table.

[jonnyd]

i dont like this raise with a few of the stack sizes behind you..