Two Final Table Preflop Spots?
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 3
Hey guys
I haven't posted much but just had two interesting FT preflop spots that I'd like some feedback on. Apologies if the format isn't perfect.
Hand 1
FT of a $100 mtt, Hero has 13bb and is virtually tied for 9th with one other stack
Aggressive reg opens the LoJack off 25bb
folds to Hero in the small blind with AJo...Hero:shove or fold?
Hand 2
FT of a different $100 mtt, Hero has a medium stack of ~30 bigs, chip leader is in the SB
CO open jams for 4bb
Hero on BTN calls with A10o
reg in BB jams for 14bb total
Hero:?
Thanks
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 143
in (1) you have only 13 bb and are tied for last... immediate jam
in (2) a bit more interesting... i dislike the initial call of the 4bb jam..
i probably would jam as soon as CO has, possibly dissuading BB
from coming in the pot as well....
what did you decide on each case?
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 1,816
Hand 1 jam
Hand 2 this is very interesting
I can see
Call/call bb fold sb
Call/fold to both
Iso small and call bb fold to sb
Isojam
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 738
Hand 1: Everything's right for a shove here. Couldn't ask for a better text-book case. Hope it held up.
Hand 2: Hate the call. You're vulnerable to a shove from one of the blinds, and you don't have quite enough hand to feel good about it. Not a good use of 4BB.
Instead of ending up in this predicament, I'd overshove 60% of the time and fold the other 40%, letting my inner nit take over.
Once you've reached this stage, I think your decision is governed by the size of the small stacks. If two are under 5BB each, it's an easy fold. If everyone is 10BB or more, call and hope you get lucky. Flip a coin on everything else.
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 3
Hand 1: I rejammed and lost a flip, I was pretty sure the shove is fine just wanted to check since it seems towards the bottom.
Hand 2: This was the one I really wasn't sure about. A10o is typically crushing a 4bb CO shove range but could folding still be the better play? At the time I never really considered it. Surely AJo isn't a fold in this spot?
I def don't like reshoving vs the CO jam because we leave ourselves vulnerable to the SB waking up and just stacking us. The closer decision if we decide not to fold to the 4bbs is what do vs a BB reshove? What does the bottom of the BB reshove range look like? I'm getting ~2.5-1 on the call but A10 is a pretty sad hand to call off in that spot vs a tighter range. Is a good/aggressive reg in the BB just going to fold KQs etc? Would you think he ever peel the hands like that which flop well that I am beating with A10o?