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07-11-2005, 10:09 PM
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Playing in a $300 FreeRoll at Power Player. 175 players left, top 40 pay. I've got 1300, blinds are $100/$200, I'm in BB. Two limpers, one raise to $600 total. I was just moved to the table, no reads, but my A  T  was my best hand in a while, so I pushed all in, limpers fold and was called by J 8 (he had me covered). Flop came 2-T-6 rainbow, turn was a J, river a 4. So alas, I was eliminated. Please, reassure me that I made the right play pushing all in with that hand. I figured that with the second shortest stack at the table, an M of about 4, one of my best hands of the night, and facing a raise of half my stack, I had no other choice, right? |
07-11-2005, 11:26 PM
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| | | In hindsight it was right, but at the time I don't think it was the right move at all. You basically are praying that the guy who raised (who you know is more than likely to call you since you're raising slightly more than the minimum) has something other than AA, KK, QQ, JJ, 1010, AK, AQ, or AJ. Even 99-77 has you beat. The only likely hands (even though this is online) you beat are KQ, KJ, K10, and QJ. In the end you had them beat, but A10 has so many hands that beat it that I couldn't put my chips in behind a raise. |
07-12-2005, 12:02 AM
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| | | I would play it the way you did. Easy all-in. Yeltsin, your advice is way too tight for his short-stack situation.
Murf, I'm still concerned that I might be looking at your ass in the avatar... |
07-12-2005, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by SpeakEasy I would play it the way you did. Easy all-in. Yeltsin, your advice is way too tight for his short-stack situation.
Murf, I'm still concerned that I might be looking at your ass in the avatar... | Don't worry, it really isn't mine!  |
07-12-2005, 02:43 AM
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| | | Being short stack, I would have gone allin also. If not short stack, I would have folded to the 3x bet. |
07-12-2005, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by SpeakEasy Yeltsin, your advice is way too tight for his short-stack situation. | Yeah, if no one raised maybe. Ever notice how many bust-out stories start like... "Well, I only had 5xBB left and I got AJ/KJ/K10/QJ/Q10/J10"?
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07-12-2005, 11:11 AM
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| | I think you played it as well as you could, you had to make a move or get blinded and while it would have been nice to be the first raiser, ATo is pretty solid to make a move. I mean you went in with the best hand so in my mind you did everything right and just got sucked out.
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07-12-2005, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by yeltzen In hindsight it was right, but at the time I don't think it was the right move at all. You basically are praying that the guy who raised (who you know is more than likely to call you since you're raising slightly more than the minimum) has something other than AA, KK, QQ, JJ, 1010, AK, AQ, or AJ. Even 99-77 has you beat. The only likely hands (even though this is online) you beat are KQ, KJ, K10, and QJ. In the end you had them beat, but A10 has so many hands that beat it that I couldn't put my chips in behind a raise. | I'm with Yeltzen here.
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07-12-2005, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by VARoadstter Quote: |
Originally Posted by yeltzen In hindsight it was right, but at the time I don't think it was the right move at all. You basically are praying that the guy who raised (who you know is more than likely to call you since you're raising slightly more than the minimum) has something other than AA, KK, QQ, JJ, 1010, AK, AQ, or AJ. Even 99-77 has you beat. The only likely hands (even though this is online) you beat are KQ, KJ, K10, and QJ. In the end you had them beat, but A10 has so many hands that beat it that I couldn't put my chips in behind a raise. | I'm with Yeltzen here. | yeah, me too. the raise indicates, pretty much, that you're beat. with a short stack, you can be first in with a raise with lots of stuff. to reraise though...you need something stronger than ATo |
07-12-2005, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jojobinks yeah, me too. the raise indicates, pretty much, that you're beat. with a short stack, you can be first in with a raise with lots of stuff. to reraise though...you need something stronger than ATo | This was one of the hardest posts ever for you to make, huh? |
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