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Originally Posted by manndl
so what are your thoughts on that hand?
In my humble opinion, 7
7
A
3
is slightly worse than a coin flip hand when played against an opponent holding a hand with which he would engage you.
Hero, acting after SB, has a positional advantage but by forcing the action so as to get all-in, Hero gives away his positional advantage.
And, in general, when playing in a tournament, I prefer not to directly engage the chip leader.
I'd rather at least see the flop before making the decision to engage all my chips.
Although seriously flawed (the pair of sevens, the lack of high card strength to go with the ace, the lack of good low counterfeit protection), I consider
7
7
A
3
a playable hand.
Hero seems to think SB (the chip leader) should have shown Hero more respect and folded when Hero uses roughly half of his stack to raise a T725 pot to T3200. Perhaps that's true. (Then again, maybe not). Instead, SB re-raises all-in. And at that point Hero is more or less stuck, getting roughly three to one odds to call.
If Hero plans to call a shove by SB, then the original raise to T3200 doesn't make good sense to me. (Why not shove himself instead of the half stack raise?)
You asked. (Those are my thoughts about the hand).
Buzz