$16 - 44 + big stack = I push

RexWoo · #1 01-22-2007, 09:31 AM

Hi,

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t200 (4 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

CO (t2530)
Button (t2390)
Hero (t6805)
BB (t1775)

Preflop: Hero is in SB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
CO folds, Button raises to t600, Hero raises to t6805 (All-in)

Is this a good idea generally ? Given the situation (bubble, stacks, etc ...) my reasonning is that I can only be called by huge hands. Your thoughts ?

Joerii · #2 01-22-2007, 09:37 AM

Seems like a great push. Button might be trying to steal with unpiared highcards for example.. A coinflip is fine when you are the bigstack, no ?

mmorpg · #3 01-22-2007, 09:37 AM

Well you have a chance to knock him out and hopefully you are just flipping a coin here. He probably calls a lot wider than you think after putting 25% of his stack into the pot though.

tozzy · #4 01-22-2007, 09:41 AM

If villain was me, this is KK/AA all the time. Readless, he is just a random donk trying to steal your chippies. Nice hand.

guenttrs · #5 01-22-2007, 09:44 AM

I like it. You have great FE. Villain can fold an still has equal chips to BB. BB will nearly always fold, even with AK or QQ.

RexWoo · #6 01-22-2007, 09:46 AM

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BB will nearly always fold, even with AK or QQ.

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O RLY ?

No way !

guenttrs · #7 01-22-2007, 10:19 AM

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BB will nearly always fold, even with AK or QQ.

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No way !

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Would you really call the push of a bigstack with QQ or AK?
You invite the button to call, because when the bigstack wins, he's stil ITM as 3rd.

DeathbySuckout · #8 01-22-2007, 10:22 AM

I like the push. This is where you should be owning the bubble. The only time I don't push this is if Button had been pushing all of the hands he opens, then all the sudden he raises 3x setting a trap. At that point I would call and see a flop.

Jago · #9 01-22-2007, 10:26 AM

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BB will nearly always fold, even with AK or QQ.

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O RLY ?

No way !

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Would you really call the push of a bigstack with QQ or AK?
You invite the button to call, because when the bigstack wins, he's stil ITM as 3rd.

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The question isn't whether you call, it's whether the average 16s player will call.

Also, I call in the BB with QQ 100% of the time readless.

guenttrs · #10 01-22-2007, 10:37 AM

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BB will nearly always fold, even with AK or QQ.

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O RLY ?

No way !

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Would you really call the push of a bigstack with QQ or AK?
You invite the button to call, because when the bigstack wins, he's stil ITM as 3rd.

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The question isn't whether you call, it's whether the average 16s player will call.

Also, I call in the BB with QQ 100% of the time readless.

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Good point. I layed down myself AKo in a similar situation where both players pushed. Would you also call AKo?