7 handed. SB AQ
96 player tournament. 14 players left. Blinds 2000/4000 ante 500. Average stack is 60k. I have 65k. Big blind has 60k. All fold to me in small. Big tells me he hasn't looked at his cards. That he will wait to see my action. I say ok. Lol. Big blind has shown ability to push in blind vs blind situations with some mediocre hands ( a couple hours earlier at different table). I'm fairly certain if I limp he would push. If I push he probably folds. Does my hand AQ have enough value to try to get his and my chips in the middle? Perhaps raise instead of limp or allin?
Comments
No point in getting tricky at this stage. Besides, BB may think you are trying to steal with a weak hand, you wouldn't shove with a strong hand.
It was not a will or not to get chips in or not. We were 6 hours into the tournament. My chips were in on several previous opportunity.
My real question is, is the hand strong enough to try to extract more of his chips? Essentially the hand is only ace high. If I get myself in a situation that we see a flop and miss. Then I may be pushing on a dry board and could be still in front. Is the reward of more chips then blinds and antes worth the risk?
As dj stated no point in getting tricky, but I opted to do so. I raised to 14000. He jammed. I called. my AQ vs Q9s. He flopped a flush draw. Turned it and another on the river for good measure! puke!
As I said in the original post, I think he would of folded to me going all in preflop. Increasing my stack by 9500 should of been the line I should of been happy with.
Easy to say after the fact. But me jamming would of likely took down the pot or if he calls i'm in a good race. Live and learn.
And good for you saying nice hand. I have been known to suffer from poker induced turrets in these situations.