Advanced S&G strategy? Or pure idiocy....

anchorbanker71 · #1 08-10-2007, 01:56 AM

Someone in another poker forum suggested that this topic be posted on 2+2, so I figured that I would do the honors. Your opinions are appreciated.

http://www.wptfan.com/article.php?st...70809081004553

Hello all, this is my first post in quite a while. What do you think of my play in this $50 sig-n-go?

4 players left, blinds are 200/400
Gee_Man - 6,000
player 2 - 3,300
player 3 - 3,400
player 4 - 800

I'm in the small blind, player 2 folds, player 3 folds. I have AA and fold my small blind to player 4.

My fold allowed player 4 to stay in. I then pounded the blinds of player 2 and 3 (they were tight wanting to make the money). By the time player 4 finally went out I had almost all the chips.

sightless · #2 08-10-2007, 02:00 AM

I never played sit and go in my life, but did you just fold aces preflop?

anchorbanker71 · #3 08-10-2007, 02:09 AM

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I never played sit and go in my life, but did you just fold aces preflop?

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It's not me. I'm just the one who decided to post this here.

The Yugoslavian · #4 08-10-2007, 02:12 AM

Don't fold AA EVAR in a STT!

Perhaps 3 years ago you could do this with reads. Maaaaaybe.

Yugoslav

sippin_criss · #5 08-10-2007, 02:18 AM

I wouldn't fold any hand here unless I had some really solid nitty reads on 2nd and 3rd stacks.

anchorbanker71 · #6 08-10-2007, 02:19 AM

If I may emphasize on behalf of this person, his rationale for folding was this:

My fold allowed player 4 to stay in. I then pounded the blinds of player 2 and 3 (they were tight wanting to make the money). By the time player 4 finally went out I had almost all the chips.

sippin_criss · #7 08-10-2007, 02:23 AM

we understand

QuattroFour4 · #8 08-10-2007, 02:33 AM

There have been similar posts to this, just not with AA...I like the play, because even if he's calling all the time when you push AA, you're winning about 85% of the time and winning 800 chips for an expected 680 chips on the push. If you fold the small blind to him, due to the bubble effect the other players will be forced to fold nearly every hand and you can expect much more than 680 chips. For this reason, I think this is a good play, nh.

AMT · #9 08-10-2007, 02:36 AM

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There have been similar posts to this, just not with AA...I like the play, because even if he's calling all the time when you push AA, you're winning about 85% of the time and winning 800 chips for an expected 680 chips on the push. If you fold the small blind to him, due to the bubble effect the other players will be forced to fold nearly every hand and you can expect much more than 680 chips. For this reason, I think this is a good play, nh.

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no one is forced to do anything; as sippin touched on, without specific reads, making this assumption at a low buy in game can be suicidal. just because theyre expected to play better in this spot does not mean that they will

BradleyT · #10 08-10-2007, 02:41 AM

I don't think it's a good play. How long is the guy with 2BBs going to be around? It's not like he can afford to wait for aces.

Plus one of the other stacks can push into the big stack and the big stack can't spite call. Afterall the big stack is all about making +EV plays right and some spite calls are going to be -5% or more depending on how tight the others push ranges are.