$6.50 Turbo - Lame preflop question

flyangler · #1 04-22-2007, 11:08 PM

I have position over Villain and a playable hand, but is it too early to play this?

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t60/t120
7 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t4050
Villain: t1720
MP1: t1275
CO: t2645
Hero: t1545
SB: t760
BB: t1505

Pre-flop: (7 players) Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
UTG folds, Villain raises to t420, 2 folds, Hero?

FoolyCooly · #2 04-22-2007, 11:09 PM

fold all day.

RexWoo · #3 04-23-2007, 07:57 AM

This is a really easy fold.

Maybe Google "gap concept" for a start.

flyangler · #4 04-23-2007, 10:23 AM

Yeah, I did fold. It just felt too nitty so I thought I would double check. I am usually too tight so I'm always ready to check my play on a few hands.
This forum does crack me up though, I get berated for being too tight when I laid down A10 off - now I'm being directed to google for some of the basics.
lol
Thanks for your replies.

durron597 · #5 04-23-2007, 10:25 AM

fold gap concept

vers · #6 04-23-2007, 12:37 PM

lol mucking a9s is not nitty lolz. Insta fold, no thought involved. Unless villain is like 50/30 or more, then I'd muck. If he is super loose, these plays are high risk and do work (I know, I do them a fair bit of the time) and if you're lucky they'll call u with a weaker ace (which does happen, especially at 6.50s). But yeah, if you don't have such a strong read on the player, it's an easy fold.