Could you make this call?

BigChrisEl

Top 6 pay.....micro-limit 45 player tournament, top 6 pay, we are on the bubble.

I have been very aggressive by pushing my Ace-Face, Ace-Suited, and pockets on the short stacks. Also I have been avoiding the big stacking unless I have very strong hands. The short stacks have been playing very weak folding mostly to my positional pushes, but when they call I usually have a better hand then them and they've been holding up.


Full Tilt Poker Game #996967669: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (6737238), Table 3 - 500/1000 - No Limit Hold'em -

Seat 1: Cave Person (6,436)
Seat 2: acebobby1 (3,600)
Seat 3: BeefBayford (26,800)
Seat 5: mv360 (14,760)
Seat 6: Dobri (5,853)
Seat 7: BigChrisEl (8,728)
Seat 9: Opts21 (1,323), is sitting out

Cave Person posts the small blind of 500

acebobby1 posts the big blind of 1,000

The button is in seat #9

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigChrisEl [Ac Tc]
BeefBayford folds
mv360 folds
Dobri folds
BigChrisEl raises to 3,600
Opts21 folds
Cave Person folds
acebobby1 calls 2,600, and is all in

What hands would need to make this call not knowing what I have?

I will comment later.

Highlight for Results:


BigChrisEl shows [Ac Tc]
acebobby1 shows [Kc Jc]
*** FLOP *** [Js 3c Jd]
*** TURN *** [Js 3c Jd] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Js 3c Jd 6h] [9d]
BigChrisEl shows a pair of Jacks
acebobby1 shows three of a kind, Jacks
acebobby1 wins the pot (7,700) with three of a kind, Jacks
BigChrisEl: nh
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,700 | Rake 0
Board: [Js 3c Jd 6h 9d]
Seat 1: Cave Person (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: acebobby1 (big blind) showed [Kc Jc] and won (7,700) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 3: BeefBayford didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: mv360 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Dobri didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: BigChrisEl showed [Ac Tc] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 9: Opts21 (button) didn't bet (folded)

actyper

With that stack left I'm calling with anything respectable if I'm playing to win.

beanie42

BigChrisEl wrote:

What hands would need to make this call not knowing what I have?

Any 2.  His M is at 2, he's got 1/3 of his chips already in, and if he's at all observant, he'd also know that you're only attacking the short-stacks, so he might give you credit for a more marginal hand.  I like your raise based on your hand, and can't fault his call no matter what his cards.  However, he probably should have pushed prior to this, even with nothing UTG, to avoid being in this situation.

BigChrisEl

beanie42 wrote:

Any 2.  His M is at 2, he's got 1/3 of his chips already in, and if he's at all observant, he'd also know that you're only attacking the short-stacks, so he might give you credit for a more marginal hand.  I like your raise based on your hand, and can't fault his call no matter what his cards.  However, he probably should have pushed prior to this, even with nothing UTG, to avoid being in this situation.

True...but with one player sitting out and with less then 1500 in chips, I was surprised that he did make the call.

After looking at the hands I don't fault him for making it but as you said he did kind of float into the dead zone, I figured he was more interested getting into the money then actually winning which is why the call surprised me most.

BigChrisEl

A few other hands leading up to the hand in question. Any comments?

Full Tilt Poker Game #996927900: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (6737238), Table 3 - 250/500 - No Limit Hold'em

Seat 2: acebobby1 (3,250)
Seat 4: Banti (4,996)
Seat 5: mv360 (20,850)
Seat 6: ol22 (2,158)
Seat 7: BigChrisEl (3,320)
Seat 8: nostradamus (4,432)
BigChrisEl posts the small blind of 250
nostradamus posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigChrisEl [3s Qs]
acebobby1 folds
Banti folds
mv360 folds
ol22 calls 500
BigChrisEl calls 250
nostradamus checks
*** FLOP *** [9s 3c 6c]
BigChrisEl checks
nostradamus checks
ol22 checks
*** TURN *** [9s 3c 6c] [4d]
BigChrisEl bets 2,820, and is all in
nostradamus folds
ol22 folds
Uncalled bet of 2,820 returned to BigChrisEl
BigChrisEl mucks
BigChrisEl wins the pot (1,500)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,500 | Rake 0
Board: [9s 3c 6c 4d]
Seat 2: acebobby1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Banti didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: mv360 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: ol22 (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 7: BigChrisEl (small blind) collected (1,500), mucked
Seat 8: nostradamus (big blind) folded on the Turn

Full Tilt Poker Game #996936744: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (6737238), Table 3 - 300/600 - No Limit Hold'em

Seat 2: acebobby1 (5,400)
Seat 4: Banti (3,746)
Seat 5: mv360 (20,050)
Seat 7: BigChrisEl (6,128)
Seat 8: nostradamus (3,682)
BigChrisEl posts the small blind of 300
nostradamus posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigChrisEl [8h 7h]
BigChrisEl: nh
acebobby1 folds
Banti folds
mv360 folds
BigChrisEl calls 300
nostradamus checks
*** FLOP *** [6c Js 9h]
BigChrisEl checks
nostradamus bets 600
BigChrisEl calls 600
*** TURN *** [6c Js 9h] [6h]
BigChrisEl bets 4,928, and is all in
nostradamus folds
Uncalled bet of 4,928 returned to BigChrisEl
BigChrisEl mucks
BigChrisEl wins the pot (2,400)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,400 | Rake 0
Board: [6c Js 9h 6h]
Seat 2: acebobby1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Banti didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: mv360 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: BigChrisEl (small blind) collected (2,400), mucked
Seat 8: nostradamus (big blind) folded on the Turn


Full Tilt Poker Game #996959673: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (6737238), Table 3 - 400/800 - No Limit Hold'em

Seat 1: Cave Person (9,936)
Seat 2: acebobby1 (3,600)
Seat 3: BeefBayford (12,650)
Seat 5: mv360 (23,410)
Seat 6: Dobri (7,853)
Seat 7: BigChrisEl (7,228)
Seat 9: Opts21 (2,823), is sitting out
Dobri posts the small blind of 400
BigChrisEl posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigChrisEl [Qd As]
Opts21 folds
Cave Person has 15 seconds left to act
Cave Person folds
acebobby1 folds
BeefBayford folds
mv360 folds
Dobri raises to 2,000
BigChrisEl raises to 7,228, and is all in
Dobri has 15 seconds left to act
Dobri folds
Uncalled bet of 5,228 returned to BigChrisEl
BigChrisEl mucks
BigChrisEl wins the pot (4,000)
The blinds are now 500/1,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,000 | Rake 0
Seat 1: Cave Person didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: acebobby1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: BeefBayford didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: mv360 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Dobri (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: BigChrisEl (big blind) collected (4,000), mucked
Seat 9: Opts21 didn't bet (folded)

beanie42

BigChrisEl wrote:

A few other hands leading up to the hand in question. Any comments?

I like the way you played the second 2, but I'm not sure about the 1st hand. With blinds so high, someone might have gotten stubborn and called you with middle pair, which you can't beat. I'd probably pick a different spot, but you obviously had a good read.

AcidJoe

Before I read anyone's post or look at the results.  I'm a small stack if I"m him.  BTW Chris I think your push was good.  I'm looking to call with any suited A any A with a 7 or better kicker. any 2 suited paint, any pair KQ KJ maybe QJ.  Now I'll probably see that he's got J 5 and hit his J. 

EDIT He probably should have made a stand earlier but he didn't. His call was good and LOL I was right on with the J thing.