T8urmoney;164347 wroteRan into another situation on Friday at a live tourney.......the fabled K's vs. A's.
I'm not new to this in tourney play....I've had the K's about 10 times in live tourney's in this spot. Most of the time it's just a cold deck and lose or suck out. But on 2 occasions I can remember being quite sure my opponent held A's.....but of course I call anyway.
Here's my scenario on Friday:
16 players left, paying 10.....Blinds 1500 - 3000 no ante. Avg stack is maybe 30000.....I have just over 40000.
UTG with K's....raise to 9000........folds around to the buttom.
He's so tight he makes the girls jealous...and pushes all-in for slightly less than my total. Blinds fold.....I was going through his range of hands out loud. He's very easy to play against....would have cold called with Q's or less....the only hands I can put him on are K's or A's......being I had K's.....logic told me he had A's. Of course I call anyhow.......wtf.
Why can't I fold K's preflop here? Damn that pisses me off when you know, but you call anyway.
online, against tight player that don't raise much, it's a fold.
live, since the field is alot donkier, it make hard to fold good hands.
for tournment
you cannot make decision base on your hand and his range.
you have to take M, stack size,payout strutcher....
since you have less then M10,
if top 6 players get pay. I jam it here with KK all day.
top 9 players get pay. i'll have to see how many shortstack.
say 16 players left. 6 players with less then M2.
then i'll consider it bubble time, and try not to loose my entire stack.