$11 speed AKo early

ftball0000 · #1 02-19-2006, 02:02 AM

Situations like this give me the most trouble, What would you do?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t60 (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t1960)
UTG+1 (t1326)
UTG+2 (t1900)
Hero (t1940)
MP2 (t2429)
MP3 (t1880)
CO (t1874)
Button (t2020)
SB (t2426)
BB (t2245)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
3 folds, Hero raises to t180, MP2 raises to t874, 5 folds, Hero ........

Thanks,
-Ftball

SNG_ACE · #2 02-19-2006, 02:06 AM

In the $11s(if you have large br) I either fold or push. If you call and don't hit, do you call his C-Bet? Or you just fold it down... So fold preflop and save the chips, or push and put him to the test(could also kill you). Although, im sure my advice is crap, cause I haven't been showing much profit lately.

bruce · #3 02-19-2006, 02:08 AM

I'd either push or fold. Given that this is a speed tournament and your open raise is a bit large I might be
inclinded to move all in. On the flip side this is an $11
dollar event and I think you can find better opportunities
to get your money in when you're a clear favorite.

Bruce

meleader2 · #4 02-19-2006, 02:10 AM

you've invested < 10% of your stack. fold it down, baby.

Prodigy54321 · #5 02-19-2006, 02:29 AM

I had been battling the issue of hands like this since the speeds came out...for now my opinion on this type of situation is....(this is push or fold, which I assume you already knew)

Fold...

you have not invested so much of your stack that you are given clear odds to go all-in.

his reraise IMO most likely means somewhere from AQ-AK or TT-AA, with AQ being the least likely. This is a reraise that is very odd for the typical player in the $11s.. I would give this more respect than a typical reraise to say t500 or so which could honestly mean anywhere from 77-AA and A9-AK and KJ-KQ.

the last factor is the length of the tournament....I was trying to figure out if AK in this situation would be best played for less +EV than in the old games. (a push I'd say is indeed +EV, it's HOW MUCH? and IS IT ENOUGH? that are the questions)

the jury is still out with me on that, but until I figure out that one, I'd vote fold.