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In the BB, I fold that hand. That's probably why I suck.
With the two small stacks all-in, basically one of them doubles up, and the other one is out. So I advance one position for sure if I fold, and then have to deal with the guy that has doubled-up. I'd still have almost a 2:1 chip advantage on him.
If I call, then there's an 80 to 85% chance that one of those guys will triple up, and will have a bigger stack than mine.
To me, I'd rather fold this hand, and look for a race situation against the winner of this hand. Then I'd have a 50% chance to win all the chips, instead of taking the 15% chance on this hand.
In other words, why go against 4 cards when I have a crappy hand when I could wait and go against 2 cards when I have a better hand?
That's exactly how I would think in this situation. Why give someone a chance to triple up, when they most likely are getting the best of it pre-flop? The way I see it, you've got one short stack pushing. Fine, he could have anything. The guy who calls, you've got to put on a good hand, don't you? Is this a leak in my game thinking this way?
That's exactly how I would think in this situation. Why give someone a chance to triple up, when they most likely are getting the best of it pre-flop? The way I see it, you've got one short stack pushing. Fine, he could have anything. The guy who calls, you've got to put on a good hand, don't you? Is this a leak in my game thinking this way?
I think that in the WSOP or a major tournament where the payouts increase dramatically, folding in the BB is the smart play because you are pretty much guaranteed that one person will be eliminated and so you move up one spot. However, if you are playing the typical home game where first gets the most and all others get very little in comparison, then I think you have to take a chance. With blinds going up you are going to have to gamble sooner or later, no one wins a tournament playing every single hand for value straight up and I think with all things considered this is a nice opportunity to take a shot.
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