Tournament Tactic Question

[Jeff76]

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I subscribe to the notion that in Game theory whenever piossible let as many of your opponents as possible take themselves out. I broke that rule when I called his push.

[/ QUOTE ]Are you folding AA here? KK?

Are you good enough to pass up the advantage an 80% chance of doubling up gives you? Even 70%?

Personally, I'd take a coinflip this early, and a 70% or 80% without second thought.

[CityFan]

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It depends on my mood. Either check or raise 4x and, if he folds, show.

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I never show. I don't know whether I'm going to want a loose or tight image on future rounds, I guess, and I don't believe anyone's falilng for it (but they probably are at 2.20).

When and why do you do it?

[CityFan]

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3. I can now say that I doubt very much I will ever again raise here. I do believe I will check.

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If you never raise here you are playing very badly. Nor should you go all-in EVER.

So you got a bad beat. [censored] happens.

[SinPies]

I didn't read all of the other responses yet, so forgive if I'm repeating someone else's sentiment.

If you don't see how you're being results-oriented, or why you want to get all in as an 80% favorite every chance you get REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S THE FIRST LEVEL OR THE TENTH, you should probably start studying more. Would you have come to the same conclusion if your JJ had held? No. You would have laughed at the SB's play and been happy that you doubled on hand one.

You're right that a lot of the worst players are going to bust in the early stages. What you're forgetting is that their chips have to go somewhere. You can let other players have them by making "big laydowns," or you can put yourself in the position to go into the later stages of the tournament with some chips.