DrTyore;128076 wroteAlright all, here's the situation...
$20 SNG (live game) with just forumers, so nobody at the table is a poor player.
Bad game selection :-)
Three eliminations have left us with seven players left.
Blinds are gradual, 15 minutes and the next level will be 150/300, then 200/400, etc etc....
Blinds: 100/200
Stacks of relevant players:
Player A: $4500 --> Semi-loose aggressive player
Player B: $1200 --> Semi-loose, aggressive player
Player C: $6000 (about?) --> Tight, Aggressive player, but known to make moves
Action:
BB posted by player A, folded around to player B (cutoff)
Player B announces "Well, any Ace, and I'm going all in", looks, and pushes
Player C (button) ponders for a short while, and calls
Folded to Player A who looks down to see Ad10c
Okay, so you're player A, do you:
A) Fold
B) Call
C) Raise $xxx
D) Raise all-in
Please give me your reasoning behind your selection(s)....
Mark
Pot size is T2700
If you call 1200 the pot will be 3900 and you will have 3300 behind.
If you push to try to isolate the small stack the pot will be 7200 and it will cost him 3300... pretty much a call with anything in his range..
Hand range for small stack player B... His M is 4 ... If he's aggressive picking up the antes will increase his stack by a lot ..
I'd put player B on Q5o+
Player C is a good player. He should know that player B can raise without a good hand.
When a tight aggressive player flat calls and all in I start thinking....
Why the heck is is flat cold calling?
Possibilities....
a) To make use of his position.
b) He's on a move.
c) He has a hand that he wants overcalls
d) He has a hand that plays well against many opponents.
e) He's floating and planning to take the pot away on the flop.
What should you do?
This is a protected hand. Since you can't force out the all in pushing indicates that you are *not* on a pure bluff. Since the villan know that he must give your push a lot of respect.... But since he's giving you the opportunity to make that move ... I really don't know if you should...
If the stacks were deeper and you thought the villan was making an error then you can push and pick up the dead money the villian called with but that is not the case here.
Conclusion: Pushing here is wrong.
Consider how you will play the flop if you call.
You are out of position... this gives you the right to first bluff on the flop but your buffing is blunted since you can only push in 3300 into a 3900 pot. and you can't force the CO out.
Conclusion: Calling looks wrong.
Fold