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5.5: Maniac goes all in at the beginning, call justified?
Hi
This guy raised all in for about three hands in a row. So I decided to call. He showed QJs and won of course. Should I have folded? Which hands would justify a call here? Only QQ+? Full Tilt Poker No Limit Holdem Tournament Blinds: t25/t50 9 players Converter Stack sizes: UTG: t1320 UTG+1: t1460 MP1: t3690 MP2: t235 MP3: t1205 CO: t1560 DonLigretto: t1375 SB: t1195 BB: t1460 Pre-flop: (9 players) DonLigretto is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6 folds, <font color="#cc0000">DonLigretto raises to t150</font>, <font color="#cc0000">SB raises all-in t1195</font>, BB folds, DonLigretto calls t1045 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t1395)</font>. Flop: 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t2440, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t2440) Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t2440, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t2440) River: 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t2440, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t2440) Results: Final pot: t2440 <font color="#ffffff">DonLigretto showed Ah Kh</font> <font color="#ffffff">SB showed Jc Qc</font> |
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Re: 5.5: Maniac goes all in at the beginning, call justified?
Calling this is fine IMO, but I expect a lot of people to like folding.
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Re: 5.5: Maniac goes all in at the beginning, call justified?
Snap call normal 5.5 villian.
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Re: 5.5: Maniac goes all in at the beginning, call justified?
folding here would be gross.
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Re: 5.5: Maniac goes all in at the beginning, call justified?
So you're calling (even this early) in a tournament with AK (offsuit and suited), and QQ+? What if he raised to 1000 with a stack of 1500, would you have pushed?
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Re: 5.5: Maniac goes all in at the beginning, call justified?
The fact that he is on ATC makes it a little different than if you had AKo the first hand against a shover readless.
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Re: 5.5: Maniac goes all in at the beginning, call justified?
This is a super easy call.Its a blind battle,and the pusher is a maniac.
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Re: 5.5: Maniac goes all in at the beginning, call justified?
You always call a maniac with this hand! Doubling up early in a SnG will often help you enough to compensate for the times you go bust.
You could argue that having a 40/60 early on is enough to justify a call in this case. The double up is just so good! |
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Re: 5.5: Maniac goes all in at the beginning, call justified?
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You could argue that having a 40/60 early on is enough to justify a call in this case. [/ QUOTE ] false |
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Re: 5.5: Maniac goes all in at the beginning, call justified?
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[ QUOTE ] You could argue that having a 40/60 early on is enough to justify a call in this case. [/ QUOTE ] false [/ QUOTE ]Why? Having 1500 of 13500 chips gives us ~1/9 of the money, having 3000 of 13500 chips gives us ~1/5 of the money. I might write some more on this subject some day but the barrier for doubling on the first hand is lower then 50%. |
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