whats your play

FaroughFarough
in No Limit / Pot Limit Holdem
villan has been a little loose with his chips.. raising with jus about with anything from A8 and up.

PokerStars Game #15995215897: Tournament #80980771, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/03/15 - 12:13:22 (ET)
Table '80980771 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: PeppeSwe (2505 in chips)
Seat 3: ghadam (2245 in chips)
Seat 4: windsrf (3375 in chips)
Seat 6: bdhansell (2720 in chips)
Seat 7: Farough (1460 in chips)
Seat 9: dave the mas (1195 in chips)
dave the mas: posts small blind 75
PeppeSwe: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Farough [Jh Ah]
ghadam: folds
windsrf: raises 300 to 450
bdhansell: folds

Action is on you, what would you do?

Comments

  • GTA PokerGTA Poker
    If he is open-raising often I push. You need to get some chips while your stack is still large enough to steal. If I lose I open another sng.
  • HobbesHobbes
    ^^^^^
    What he said.
    You are running out of time and need to make a move.
    AJ while not great sounds like it could be ahead of his range or atleast racing and with < 10BB I'd take a race
  • FaroughFarough
    Heres how it played out:
    *********** # 1 **************
    PokerStars Game #15995215897: Tournament #80980771, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/03/15 - 12:13:22 (ET)
    Table '80980771 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
    Seat 1: PeppeSwe (2505 in chips)
    Seat 3: ghadam (2245 in chips)
    Seat 4: windsrf (3375 in chips)
    Seat 6: bdhansell (2720 in chips)
    Seat 7: Farough (1460 in chips)
    Seat 9: dave the mas (1195 in chips)
    dave the mas: posts small blind 75
    PeppeSwe: posts big blind 150
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to Farough [Jh Ah]
    ghadam: folds
    windsrf: raises 300 to 450
    bdhansell: folds
    Farough: raises 1010 to 1460 and is all-in
    dave the mas: folds
    PeppeSwe: folds
    windsrf: calls 1010
    *** FLOP *** [7c Kc 3s]
    *** TURN *** [7c Kc 3s] [5s]
    *** RIVER *** [7c Kc 3s 5s] [Ac]
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    windsrf: shows [4h 4s] (a pair of Fours)
    Farough: shows [Jh Ah] (a pair of Aces)
    Farough collected 3145 from pot
    windsrf said, "another one"
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 3145 | Rake 0
    Board [7c Kc 3s 5s Ac]
    Seat 1: PeppeSwe (big blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 3: ghadam folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 4: windsrf showed [4h 4s] and lost with a pair of Fours
    Seat 6: bdhansell folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 7: Farough (button) showed [Jh Ah] and won (3145) with a pair of Aces
    Seat 9: dave the mas (small blind) folded before Flop
  • GTA PokerGTA Poker
    see, you won? that means i was right!
  • FaroughFarough
    Yeah lol, the next hand after that I picked up Aces and the guy was pissed off about that hand for some reason and went all in. I took the chip lead and knocked him out. This hand turned the tourney around.
  • zunni74zunni74
    I think this is one of the things I play differently from most people..

    I'd call to see the flop because of exactly what happened, you whiffed 100% on the flop. I would have folded to a bet and lived to fight another day.

    I'm not in that "Just open another one" mentality yet. Any resources I should be referring to, to help educate me in this playstyle?
  • FaroughFarough
    What he's talking about is that with under the 10 BB's or around it, with probably something like A10+ would be a pushing type hand, hoping for at least a race. If you lose the 50/50 theres nothing you could really do about it. Just fire up another one and forget about what happened in the last one.
  • BBC ZBBC Z
    Hmm.. Your SnG has broken down into 6 players at the 75/150 level.. This means that you should be able to isolate one or two players to constantly steal blinds from to survive..

    If you don't have that page in your book, then push. If you do I can justify a fold.
  • ReefAquariumReefAquarium
    BBC Z wrote: »
    Hmm.. Your SnG has broken down into 6 players at the 75/150 level.. This means that you should be able to isolate one or two players to constantly steal blinds from to survive..

    If you don't have that page in your book, then push. If you do I can justify a fold.

    Can you elaborate more on blind stealing....

    I don't doubt that isolating and stealing blinds is profitable.

    But here you are also way ahead of the villains range.

    This is a clear +EV push.
    I'm certainly not good enough at small ball to pass up this much EV.
    I doubt anyone not named Phil can claim to be either.
  • BBC ZBBC Z
    All I'm saying is that Hero has options to survive that don't involve coin flips due to the unique way that this SnG has broken down.
  • _obv__obv_
    With the range you say this guy opens with, shoving is the only option... if he has a better hand it is a cooler
  • philliiveyphilliivey
    ohhhh why thank you:) :)


    ReefAquarium wrote: »
    Can you elaborate more on blind stealing....

    I don't doubt that isolating and stealing blinds is profitable.

    But here you are also way ahead of the villains range.

    This is a clear +EV push.
    I'm certainly not good enough at small ball to pass up this much EV.
    I doubt anyone not named Phil can claim to be either.
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