Calling an early open push

KCW12 · #1 10-13-2007, 02:58 PM

Hypothetical situation: It's level 1 in a 9-man SNG, you post the BB. UTG open pushes for his whole stack and it folds around to you. Assume everyone has equal stack sizes, no reads. What hands are you calling with at each buyin level?

jurrasstoil · #2 10-13-2007, 03:01 PM

based on his sharkscope results: QQ+ (even so i don't think a winning player would do that...)
no reads no sharkscope: KK+

hoyasaxa · #3 10-13-2007, 03:16 PM

KK+

hoyasaxa · #4 10-13-2007, 03:17 PM

fwiw ive seen this happen once, he had kk, i had qq, spiked a q on the flop

Sober · #5 10-13-2007, 06:03 PM

There are people who actually play Brunson's ultra-basic strategy for clueless retards: "fold everything except AK and pairs, then push." At lower buyins, you'll see people open pushing 20+bbs with any suited ace even. That doesn't mean you should stack off with TT. Here I'm folding everything but KK+, calling with QQ or lower if I've seen him do it before.

UsedToPitch · #6 10-13-2007, 06:10 PM

i just called on a 26 dollar sng with 88 wound up against AK and held woo sportsbook garbage players on there not that im not garbage