sn1perb0y;362237 wroteWhen is it right to just call, when is it right to go all in. Does it only depend on stack size? Is it profitable to just call in any case?
I remember Dan Harrington wrote about three A-K examples where the correct play was fold, flat and re-raise all-in, respectively. The main difference was the stack sizes.
In your first case, 3-betting all-in was correct. In the second case, c-betting would have been better. Did you fold and did villain show his hand?
westside8;362310 wroteOnly situation you can consider folding with this hand would be a satellite where the top X # of payouts is the same and tournament life is valued much higher.
I was faced with a similar situation during the Blue Water Classic. UTG limped 3K, lady raised to 11K instead of all-in/fold, and I had AK in the SB. In a normal tournament, I would 3-bet all-in. But the bubble/ICM factor was huge; I was a medium stack, and I could probably fold to the finals by waiting for four of the short stacks to be eliminated. I would then be guaranteed cash of over $1,000 and the blinds would restart at the 300/600+50 level such that I would go back to the Green Zone. With the ranges I put the first two players on, the big blind behind me and the relative stack sizes, I thought that jamming would be
-$EV, but I wasn't sure if my flat was +$EV compared to folding.