20+2 Bubble Hand with AK

Fundingone · #1 01-23-2006, 12:42 AM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (4 handed) converter

Button (t4405)
SB (t4290)
Hero (t3785)
UTG (t1020)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 fold, Button raises to t400, 1 fold, Hero raises to t1500, Button calls t1100.

Flop: (t3050) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t2285 (All-In), Button calls t2285.

Turn: (t7620) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t7620) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t7620

I'm not sure what to do here especially preflop should i reraise to like 1800 instead of 1500 and then push? It's these parts in the SNG where I make the most mistakes.

tigerite · #2 01-23-2006, 06:08 AM

I don't like it, not on the bubble with a guy on t1k. I'd just flat call and take it from there.

tigerite · #3 01-23-2006, 06:09 AM

Also if I was going to re-raise it would be all-in to maximise FE.

Shillx · #4 01-23-2006, 06:27 AM

Yeah repopping here is suicide as you want to avoid playing a big pot in this spot. What if he moves in after you raise to T1500? You have to win about 56% of the time to call the AI. And if you do call all-in, it has to make you wonder why you didn't push straight away. So I guess the options are to call or move in. I would call, take a flop and then decide if I want to commit my chips.

underthesky · #5 01-23-2006, 11:49 AM

Raising to t1500 isn't so good since you'll miss one in three flops and you'll be out of position. Also, you don't want to be on the wrong side of coinflip if Villain pushes all-in preflop.

I'd prefer to call here. No tough decisions left after that, if I miss then it's check/fold, if I hit I should win a nice pot.

Requin · #6 01-23-2006, 12:10 PM

I'd probably raise more preflop to like 1800-2000, but I don't see anything wrong with the hand as played. I just like a bigger raise so the allin cbet isnt as ugly, but I think you played it fine.

1C5 · #7 01-23-2006, 12:17 PM

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I don't like it, not on the bubble with a guy on t1k. I'd just flat call and take it from there.

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Agree, Used to push but now will call here instead. I am evolving. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

AnthonyV · #8 01-23-2006, 12:21 PM

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I'd just flat call and take it from there.

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what's your flop play play typically look like here?

you're out of position, tangling with another big stack on the bubble... check?

Requin · #9 01-23-2006, 12:21 PM

Guys, 1K at 50/100 blinds is not a microstack.

Paul Thomson · #10 01-23-2006, 12:47 PM

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Guys, 1K at 50/100 blinds is not a microstack.

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true it's not a microstack. But more importantly is that it less than a 1/3 of your stack. And you want to keep it that way. When you are one of 3 relatively equal big stacks, the ICM suggests that you must be conservative in your calling requirements. Which would also suggest that you shouldn't get over-involved in a hand.