Is this ever a fold?
Looking for some input from the tournament gurus on this hand. It’s not complicated, but the situation is interesting.
Yesterday’s $165 at Niagara
230 runners, and we’re down to final 5
Approximate remaining payouts: $1500, $2500, $4000, $5000, $7000
We had just had a discussion regarding a 5 way chip chop which was vetoed by seat 1, who was an avg stack at the time, much to the chagrin of the other 4 players. After the discussion, Seat 1 starts jamming almost every pot, scooping the significant blinds and antes, and after a couple of orbits, is now the chipleader.
Blinds:$15k/$30k/30k
Avg stack: 460k (18bb)
Seat 1: 650k UTG (V)
Seat 2: 450k (H)
Seat 3: 350k
Seat 4: 600k SB
Seat 5: 250k BB
Seat 1 open jams again, and I have A5ss in seat 2.
Our goal at this point is to max our EV as much as possible. Considering the pay jumps, stack sizes, position, and table dynamics, is this a foldable hand?
BTW, this is not a results oriented question, as I was 50-50 in the moment, and was unsure what to do in that spit.
I ultimately folded after thinking for a while.
Yesterday’s $165 at Niagara
230 runners, and we’re down to final 5
Approximate remaining payouts: $1500, $2500, $4000, $5000, $7000
We had just had a discussion regarding a 5 way chip chop which was vetoed by seat 1, who was an avg stack at the time, much to the chagrin of the other 4 players. After the discussion, Seat 1 starts jamming almost every pot, scooping the significant blinds and antes, and after a couple of orbits, is now the chipleader.
Blinds:$15k/$30k/30k
Avg stack: 460k (18bb)
Seat 1: 650k UTG (V)
Seat 2: 450k (H)
Seat 3: 350k
Seat 4: 600k SB
Seat 5: 250k BB
Seat 1 open jams again, and I have A5ss in seat 2.
Our goal at this point is to max our EV as much as possible. Considering the pay jumps, stack sizes, position, and table dynamics, is this a foldable hand?
BTW, this is not a results oriented question, as I was 50-50 in the moment, and was unsure what to do in that spit.
I ultimately folded after thinking for a while.
Comments
also if I read that correctly you are 2nd to act with an 11BB and a 9BB stack to act after you.... Fold every time.
I would love the Jam all in with the A5ss but wouldn’t call an all in with it.
marban, I see your point here.
he could be shoving light here knowing everyone is going to fold to ladder up the pay scale.
‘if he shoves KQ we are 60% to win
if he shoves a bigger Ace we are 30% if he has A6-AK..... that’s gonna be bad for us.
sometimes we have to take a stand and a suited A5 is better than most. This is the fun part of the game when you can pick off a guy playing pure GTO .
This is basically the conversation I had in my head as I thought it through. To me it came down to what was more important to me at the time, surviving in hopes of laddering up or trying to win it all.
In the end, I chose the former, and did end up getting it in in a better spot, it just didn’t work out.
Yes, what DJ said, both times.