Calling range against a wack a doodle
Join Date: Jun 2019
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So, I played the Borgata Summer Heater.
They have 8 day 1 flights and if you make it through 16 levels, you bag and tag for day 2.
I never have time for multiple day tourney's, so I was very excited. I was able to play Friday night, the last flight.
Started with 25 K, figured 250K would be good goal through 16 levels as a competitive stack for day 2. Obviously, surviving 16 levels would be great with any stack!
I have a good feel for my table. Through 7 levels I took 25K up to 37k. Played very tight. Had to call and fold mid pairs to three bets of flops with big cards a few times.
Had a very good feel for the entire table, thought they were all exploitable to different degrees.
One guy was drinking a lot of Corona. Seemed to have a concept of what to do, but was raising a lot.
Anyway, we come back from break, and I think the booze got to him. He ships 35 Big blinds pre flop 3 hands in a row, not getting a call. Ships the 4th hand in a row and I wake up with AK and snap call.
He had 9's and I lose the flip. Very disappointed. I'm assuming that is correct call against a knuckle head that jams 35 big blinds 3 hands in a row?
I figure A-J suited, A-Q and up, and 10's and better are correct to call the wack a doodle with, assuming no one else entered. I don't want to call too loose, as others might wake up with a hand.
Thoughts on calling range here?
Story does have a happy ending, I chopped the Borgata Saturday nightly again! Played really well there. At the final table I ran A-K of spades into aces and made 3 kings. Was a massive suck out, only time I really got lucky. Only other flip was 9's against a-10. All money goes in pre, he flops ace, I river 9. Lucky, but money went in with me as slight favorite. Other that that, lot of small ball.