WWYD - Aussie Millions satellite
Another hand that I'm seeking input for.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (8 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
CO (t12003)
Button (t5800)
SB (t1515)
Hero (t4277)
UTG (t17370)
UTG+1 (t6570)
MP1 (t2240)
MP2 (t4355)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Qc, Ad.
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t450, 2 folds, CO calls t450, 2 folds
Somewhat of a new table, but I have been playing with CO since the first table and no read on UTG+1.
CO is a very loose player, and neither players an impressive stats on pokerdb. Any re-raise PF will commit nearly half my stack, so if I plan to re-raise I'm should probably just shove. Do you take the aggressive or passive route on this hand and evaluate on the flop?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (8 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)
CO (t12003)
Button (t5800)
SB (t1515)
Hero (t4277)
UTG (t17370)
UTG+1 (t6570)
MP1 (t2240)
MP2 (t4355)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Qc, Ad.
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t450, 2 folds, CO calls t450, 2 folds
Somewhat of a new table, but I have been playing with CO since the first table and no read on UTG+1.
CO is a very loose player, and neither players an impressive stats on pokerdb. Any re-raise PF will commit nearly half my stack, so if I plan to re-raise I'm should probably just shove. Do you take the aggressive or passive route on this hand and evaluate on the flop?
Comments
As far as the OP goes, you could try the old squeeze play but I can't see the point. UTG+1 by default has a good hand. You have 30BBs here. Re-raising would put you in a difficult spot and shoving is a bit of an overbet. As much as I hate it, I probably call here and hope my opponents play it poorly.
Thank you for pointing that out.
Wait, what? I think yer really starting to move the push or fold line too far down.. Whats wrong with a raise to 1500? Second, the blinds look like they're 50/100 .. So you have an M of 40 and think you are in push/fold mode?
What's wrong with raising to 1500.
Hero has 4277, raising 1500 leaves him with 2777 behind.
The pot will be 2625 if one person calls or 4125 if both call.
In this situation you want squeeze the UTG into a fold. You're probably behind the UTG's range, but ahead of the loose CO's range.
But given the information you don't know if the utg is weak. So I'm not sure you can squeeze the utg out with a 1500 bet.
I still think you have enough chips to raise and see a flop without pushing.
You are also making a large assumption about the skill level of the people you are playing, that they will know you are weak and put you to a tought decision on the flop.
So you don't think its easy to open the hand history menu on pokerstars; then to go on and highlight everything; and then copy and paste it to here? Is it easier to actually type it out? Please do inform me before instructing anyone on who looks like a jackass here. Thanks Champ
I'm definitely not advocating a push, but I'm just throwing that option out there. Would just calling preflop and seeing a flop hurt? With no read on UTG+1, the assumption is that I'm either flipping half the time, dominating maybe 25% of the time and dominated 25% of the time (again, very rough #s), while I'm ahead of the CO's range 75% of the time, but I will be OOP for the rest of the hand. It seems like the better option because raising it preflop means I'm putting approximately 33% of my chips into the middle. If called at one spot, my stack = the pot, and with both players calling, my stack = 66% of the pot.