[jojobinks]

this is hand #3 of a PS 10+1 Sng

Saw Flop | Saw Turn | Saw River | Saw Showdown | Won

POKERSTARS GAME #3238920955: TOURNAMENT #16034357, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL I (10/20) - 2005/12/04 - 12:55:35 (ET)
Table '16034357 1' Seat #3 is the button

hlm420 - t1500
el fichas - t1490
jojobinks Button - t1470
PAULEYSURE - t1460
AlphaCrow44 - t1580
Papaours - t1500
chordmjm - t1500
BubbaR - t1500
MikyM - t1500

PREFLOP undefined
jojobinks is Button with K K
3 folds, MikyM raises t60 to t80, 2 folds, jojobinks raises t140 to t220, 2 folds, MikyM raises t1280 to t1500

so jojo does what...?

[Brewster]

I will not pretend to be an expert here but it looks like the first (or second) hand of the tournament and MilkyM has just raised you all in. While I usually would push all in with pocket kings without hesitation, I would be rather reluctant to do so this early in a tournament. With a move like that I would put him/her on either pocket aces or a pair of face cards. But since this is a $10 SNG, the villan could be holding anything and trying to project an aggressive table image early on.


Now I'm anxious to see how this turns out. Does the hero take dow a huge pot, fold and live to fight another day, or is his tornament at an end?

[Double Eagle]

I have played a lot of SNG's on P/S's and I see this move all the time. You have to be concerned about AA here, but it is the only hand that has you dominated.

Many players in the SNG's like to gamble early trying to double up and give them a better chance to place in the money. Not knowing anything about the player, I would make the call. If he has the AA, so be it. More likly, he has a strong A, perhaps AK or AQ. I have seen lots on all-ins like this even with AJ so you just never know.

I am curious to see what you decided and the outcome if you called.

[austin5string]

Given that his initial raise was only 60 and he follows it up by going all-in, I wouldn't put him on aces. If he's that aggressive, he would have raised more than 60 w/ aces. Like Double Eagle says, this seems to be a common move early on in these SnG's. I'd put him on either a small-mid pair, or A-anything.

Interested to see how it played out. Of course if you folded, I guess we'll never know!

~John

[BigKyle]

Being that it is a $10 + 1 sng and people play crazy in low buy-in sng's, I would make this call automatically. I can't remember ever losing an early hand like the one you have outlined. In fact, it happened to me the other night with KK and the other guy had A-10 of hearts. I almost always bet the farm with kings, and with only ten dollars invested in the tourney, I will call here everytime and live with the result. In my opinion, you have to attack early in those sit-n-gos in order to be able to survive down the road. Keep in mind he doesnt think you have aces, so he doesnt necessarily need them to go allin. Great question though. What did you do?

[jmda]

Tough decision, I take the risk and move all-in, more often than not. If it was a big buy-in tournament like the WSOP, I might lay it down, but than only might.

[Dwight87]

JoJo calls, of course.

Did you hit the miracle after he showed the cooler only to have it sucked out? heh

[vrecksler]

I have seen so many people do this with A-rag in SNG's that I would call automatically since there is only one hand I am that worried about. Yes, it is early to risk the whole stack but in these things if you double up early you can play tight and make the money easily. Worth the risk.

[R Deckard]

If he had AA, he would not go all-in pre-flop. Most of these jokers tend to slow play rockets. With AA, he would have smooth called your pre-flop raise to set-up a huge check-raise post-flop.

[vrecksler]

Originally Posted by R Deckard

If he had AA, he would not go all-in pre-flop. Most of these jokers tend to slow play rockets. With AA, he would have smooth called your pre-flop raise to set-up a huge check-raise post-flop.

I think you may be giving too much credit to some of those SNG players; I have seen more people go all-in with them (obviously very counter intuitive) than smooth calling.