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To call or not to call, part 2

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05-01-2013 , 11:09 AM

Robby83

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 213

Poker Stars $0.45+$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t600/t1200 Blinds + t75 - 4 players - View hand 2196502
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Hero (BB): t13981 M = 6.66
CO: t8597 M = 4.09
BTN: t34351 M = 16.36
SB: t10571 M = 5.03

Pre Flop: (t2100) Hero is BB with 4

2 folds, SB raises to t10496 all in, Hero?

05-01-2013 , 11:56 AM

Drachaon

grinder

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 638

Tough actually.

Read dependent, but I fold this a fair amount. If the villain has shown he can shove properly bvb then it's a call.

05-01-2013 , 01:24 PM

McFlush1

grinder

Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 661

Fold is not terrible, but I prefer calling. He's range is pretty wide and we have enough equity to call.

05-01-2013 , 02:12 PM

Robinho2611

old hand

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,329

The fact that we have 3.4K left if we lose (we can spin this up pretty fast!) makes me want to call. Really close though. If it's an easy table, fold and find a better spot.

05-01-2013 , 02:52 PM

Gonira

adept

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,155

wow, i'm snap calling deuces in a heartbeat. leak?

05-01-2013 , 06:41 PM

fidstar-poker

I'm gonna need a hacksaw

Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 32,995

probably one of those spots where it doesn't really matter.

05-01-2013 , 07:31 PM

Drachaon

grinder

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 638

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gonira

wow, i'm snap calling deuces in a heartbeat. leak?

Snap calling deuces. Yes, it probably is a leak.

Range your opponent then figure out your hand equity, then your tournament equity before and after the call and make a decision. There are plenty of spots where taking a flip at best is sub-optimal.

05-02-2013 , 04:00 AM

Robinho2611

old hand

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,329

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gonira

wow, i'm snap calling deuces in a heartbeat. leak?

The only reason we would ever call 44 here is if we can define a range for villain such that >10% of the time we have him dominated (22-33, A2-A3, K2-K3 etc). With 22 you will (almost) never have this situation.

Even if you're going to call, don't "snap"

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