$6.5 AKo late

[DiCkO]

Should I have just pushed PF? I seem to have trouble playing where effective stacks are 10-15BB...

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t100/t200
(Ante: t25)
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: t2090
Hero: t3635
Button: t2740
SB: t2525
BB: t2510

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG calls t200 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t425)</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to t700</font>, 3 folds, UTG calls t500 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t1325)</font>.

Flop: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t1825, 2 players)
UTG checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets t1400</font>, <font color="#cc0000">UTG calls all-in t1365</font>.
Uncalled bets: t35 returned to Hero.

Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t4555, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t4555)


River: T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t4555, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t4555)


Results:
Final pot: t4555

[mortimo]

Push preflop
I like the push on the flop

[DiCkO]

Yeah looking back at his stack size I should have pushed PF. My raise gave him over 2-1, and a larger raise would have committed him, so I should have pushed. Nm.

He showed QJs.

[bdog33]

yea probably wud of pushed this myself too..

[sence25]

since you got one limper, effective blinds are 600/1.5=400
even without looking at the effective stacks of the other players, this is a very easy push pf for me.
if you raise, don't do it with cards that need improvement.
with them you wanna see the whole board and not only the flop.
cheerio.

[Sounded Simple]

I think a push pre-flop is standard here.

I read somewhere on here (too lazy to look the post up) that with AK and a pot &lt;1/20th your stack (or multiple limpers) you should move in preflop.

I recently started doing this with good results - Is this a good rule to go by?

[Acey]

Moving allin with AK is never -EV. Pushing limpers/raisers is almost never -EV either, unless you push over someone who only plays the very best hands. Here you have an enourmous fold equity and you should be really happy to pick up the t500 in the pot. If he calls pf its just a bonus.

[Pg9]

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since you got one limper, effective blinds are 600/1.5=400


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Can you pls explain that to me? I'm a noob. Thanks!

[BradleyT]

Gotta love a player who puts 35% of his stack in preflop with QJs.

[sence25]

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since you got one limper, effective blinds are 600/1.5=400


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Can you pls explain that to me? I'm a noob. Thanks!



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sure.
in the pot is:
5*25(ante)+200(limp)+300(blinds)=625
just noticed i forgot to calculate one ante in..
if you divide this by 1.5 (is it divide by? am not sure with this .. ) you'll get an effective blind.
see, when it comes to you, the pot is nearly the same like in the level 200/400 without antes.
that's why you should not raise and just push it in.