Dead Money;174368 wroteCaddy,
I have been play for a while now, no newbee here and have had my share of wins. I am trying to see if my decision making is correct. To answer my own poll I make the call, every time. Maybe I play this wrong. That is why I asked to show who voted for which answer.
I value the responses. I guess you are missing my point.
Ok I may be up against A rag, and 99 -77 go up in value. If you are 52 to 48% fav, do you call for your tournament/ cripple yourself / double up.
When people post a hand on here they usually frame the question around all of the information that they have available. If you framed your question to the board in the same way as you frame the question to yourself you have a problem IMO.
Newbie's ask questions like, "I have TT and villain is a LAGtard. He shoves do I call?" This is all they think about so this is all the information they have available.
People who have been playing for a while say, " 14 left on 2 tables in a Satty. Top 2 get a seat top 7 get paid. Blinds are 500-1000 with a 100 ante. Folds to Mid-position who shoves his last 6800. He seems fairly competent but I don't have much of a read. I am in the cut-off with 99 and 7900 in my stack. Button and both blinds have just over 10K.
Is my hand good enough to call here? If not, what do I need?"
This second question will get you better responses and people may even explain a bit about their thought process to you.
Since you didn't feel like thinking about a range for our villain and still have not given stack sizes here is my answer:
In your situation I call AQ+ and 99+ in the spot you described against a total unknown. If I think he is pretty loose I may go as far as 77+ and may add AJ as well.
If you are under 10BB my first question is, "How did this happen?" because you are running out of fold equity especially if there are antes in play (which we still don't know).
My second question is if you are a long time MMT'er why have you not poker stoved a bunch of these situations for yourself yet? Playing the short stack at least competently is a must have weapon in any tournament players arsenal. You are a long way from the bubble and you are not folding into a seat with less than 10BB in your stack and you are way short for waiting for a super premium hand.