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11-06-2017 , 08:25 PM

steinerbest

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 227

Day 3, 21 left, average stack is 21 BB, 200 places paid over 2100 players.

Been moved at this table about 10 hands before.

During the hand the table is 7 handed. We are CO with a stack of 30 BB, second stack at the table.

UTG shoves 8 BB (known this player from day 1, a funny guy with some poker basics), HJ, the chip leader insta-shoves 40 BB! (no great infos, a silent 50yo man)... We have QQ... What do we do??

Consider that from 21 to 20 there's about 1000$ of difference.

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11-06-2017 , 09:29 PM

nonsimplesimon

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,007

What's weird is with AA and sometimes KK they often call hoping to induce action so I wouldn't necessarily be Insta mucking queens here. I am definitely calling kings and probably folding jacks ...

QQ.... at game speed I am likely folding but not liking it.

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11-06-2017 , 09:59 PM

Kyle Saunders

grinder

Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 409

Older players usually shove AA-KK in this spot rather then induce from my experience but I don’t think I can fold here when villains range is prob AA-TT, AK

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11-07-2017 , 09:24 AM

onehandatatime

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 1,381

Tough ICM spot. Really not sure what the play is here. I'm leaning towards calling. I think AA would probably 3 bet, I think 10-KK/AKs might jam. Still not sure though, readless it's hard to say.

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11-07-2017 , 09:37 AM

SupermanPL

enthusiast

Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 76

i think QQ is good enough, consider that there is short stack in play. Even if you lose with bigger stack still you can finish at place 20. For me he can have 88+ AQs+ (the bigger) So easy call and if you win you will have big stack on the semi FT and can steal a lot of chips ect.

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11-07-2017 , 12:34 PM

JaNdRo27

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Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 77

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Originally Posted by steinerbest

[...] the chip leader insta-shoves 40 BB! (no great infos, a silent 50yo man)... We have QQ... What do we do??

We "INSTA-CALL"

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11-07-2017 , 01:37 PM

steinerbest

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 227

Then this spot is as difficult as I thought. Just for the news... He showed Aces

An old Italian guy, after the hand, told me that on day 3 they were always at the same table and he did the same thing twice (once AA and once KK)... Sob. 1st prize was 200000 €!

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11-07-2017 , 02:22 PM

onehandatatime

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 1,381

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Originally Posted by steinerbest

Then this spot is as difficult as I thought. Just for the news... He showed Aces

An old Italian guy, after the hand, told me that on day 3 they were always at the same table and he did the same thing twice (once AA and once KK)... Sob. 1st prize was 200000 €!

Makes sense, the older foggies would rather not 3 bet their premiums and cant see them shoving 10-QQ even.

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