AKs live

wickywahwah · #1 07-16-2007, 09:45 AM

$100 live tournament
20 players to start, 8 players remaining
Blinds are 150-300 with 25 antes
Avg stack: 7,000 - Hero has 5,500 - Villain covers

Villain opens from UTG to 1,500
(a rather large raise, his standard raise has been ~3.5x BB)
everyone folds to me in MP and i see A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Is this an auto-shove or can I just call and see the flop?
btw villain is a solid player who almost never gets creative/out of line

WuTank · #2 07-16-2007, 09:49 AM

you are under avg, no room for fancy plays, just push your 18BBs in.

sah_24 · #3 07-16-2007, 10:45 AM

yea i think u cant call, this is an obvious shove to me even tho ur prolly racing

SonofDjugashvili · #4 07-16-2007, 10:50 AM

The too-large UTG raise probably means 10s or Js. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Push it in there - you might even get a fold if the raiser is a woman or an older gentleman. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

BarryLyndon · #5 07-16-2007, 11:00 AM

OP,

Or get a call with AQo from a middle-aged guy with a grumpy look on his face.

By the way, think about what would happen if you called with AsKs and you missed.

Barry

markysals11 · #6 07-16-2007, 12:25 PM

stack is too short to fold such a good hand.. stick it in and pray