10K PSO Freeroll at Poker Room.
Situatution
We are hand for hand on the bubble 41 remain out of 330 and 40 get paid. Blinds are $500 and $1000. I sit somewhere in the teens for placement with a stack of $9000. Play has tightened up for the last circuit since we have gone hand for hand.
Folds to me in the cut off and I wake up with :ac :qc and I bump to $3000. I like my hand and I am willing to release if re-popped by the SB (he is the only one who has me covered by $200).
SB who I perceive as tight calls for $2500 and the rest fold.
Flop is :ad :kd :qd and SB pushes instantly.
What is your read and more importantly What do you do here?
We are hand for hand on the bubble 41 remain out of 330 and 40 get paid. Blinds are $500 and $1000. I sit somewhere in the teens for placement with a stack of $9000. Play has tightened up for the last circuit since we have gone hand for hand.
Folds to me in the cut off and I wake up with :ac :qc and I bump to $3000. I like my hand and I am willing to release if re-popped by the SB (he is the only one who has me covered by $200).
SB who I perceive as tight calls for $2500 and the rest fold.
Flop is :ad :kd :qd and SB pushes instantly.
What is your read and more importantly What do you do here?
Comments
Don't think you can fold it now even though odds are good you are behind or your opponent has a ton of outs to beat you.
Prolly somthing like A + flush draw/straight draw. You are still leading and should call. Did he have you covered? (how was 9k in the teens with 500 1000 blinds?!)
$2500 for first and squeeking into the money nets a whopping $60.
330 player X 1500T = 495,000T divide by 41 and your avg. stack is 12,073. top 3 were 25,000 ish. Lots a stax in the 2-5 range.
Play for first! Auto call.
1. It takes the guess work out of things
2. I get first in Vig
3. $1500 in blinds and antes is nearly 20% of my stack so they are worth going after
4. Puts the pressure on everyone else
Personally I do have a bit of a hard time with this play and here’s why:
1.Â* I don’t want to place in this tournament I want to win!Â* Right now I need to build my stack in order to win this tourney and I want more than the blinds for a premium hand.Â* I want someone’s stack!
2.Â* A push here will only get called by hand that beats me or is a coin flip (A smaller bet may get some action from a weaker Ace.)
3.Â* SB has me covered but barely (only by $200).Â* Button and BB have smaller stacks and if they push I have odds to call anyway with out putting my stack at risk to the SB (I am all-in without being all-in)
4.Â* I would probably have folded to a push from the SB
5.Â* I am capable of laying this hand down in the face of a scary flop
6.Â* I am comfortable in my reads and ability to play post flop
When Villian pushed after the flop I thought:
He definately has a flush draw!
AA or QQ is not likely at all.Â* Very unlikely that there is all 4 aces or queens are in play here.
AK, KK would have pushed pre-flop. But he is behind now anyway.
No way did a tight player call of 25% of his stack with J10 or 2 medium to small hearts.
AJ, Ax, or KQ, KJ is likely and I’am going to double up here!
Have to call here!
FYI
He held 89D and I didn't get tight on the turn or the river!Â* Bubblicious!!!!!
I am still on the fence here. The small ball approach more suits my style!
Thanks for yor input!!
Caddy
I assume you meant 98d? Villains calling off 1/3 of his stack with 9 high is pretty damn comical. The only way I can begin to think this EVER might be a good play is if he's trying to stop N Go you on any flop (putting you on a weak steal). Although, the fact you put so much of your stack in preflop should make him think you're likely to call with any piece...