I was just moved to the table. All 3 hands occur vs. the same Villain within the same orbit. Before the first hand I'm 5th in chips -- when the last starts I'm somewhat above average, somewhere around 90 players left.

Basically, Villain probably views me as over-aggro and spewy. Does this make me more or less inclined to call the last hand?

Poker Stars $20+$2 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t400/t800 Blinds - 9 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

BB: t4504
UTG: t6524
UTG+1: t16798
UTG+2: t58296
MP1: t25406
MP2: t25452
CO: t7713
Hero (BTN): t44522
SB: t30070

Pre Flop: Hero is BTN with 4 K
6 folds, Hero raises to t2200, 1 fold, BB raises to t4424 all in, Hero calls t2224

Flop: (t9968) 8 3 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t9968) J (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t9968) T (2 players - 1 is all in)





Poker Stars $20+$2 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t400/t800 Blinds - 9 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

SB: t9968
BB: t6444
UTG: t16718
UTG+1: t58216
UTG+2: t25326
MP1: t25372
MP2: t7633
Hero (CO): t40018
BTN: t29590

Pre Flop: Hero is CO with K J
5 folds, Hero raises to t2200, 1 fold, SB raises to t9888 all in, 1 fold, Hero calls t7688

Flop: (t21296) 9 T J (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t21296) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t21296) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)





Poker Stars $20+$2 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t400/t800 Blinds - 9 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

BB: t20736
UTG: t8444
UTG+1: t20238
UTG+2: t61416
MP1: t23486
MP2: t23532
CO: t5793
Hero (BTN): t28290
SB: t27350

Pre Flop: Hero is BTN with 9 9
6 folds, Hero raises to t2200, 1 fold, BB raises to t20656 all in, Hero ...

#1 Hands 1 is a spew. Careful steeling from shorties with crap.

#2 Hand 2 is a bigger spew. KJ is NOT a good hand, fold that **** to pressure.

#3 Hand 3 is a call. 99 is near the top of your range and if villain thinks you will call with KJ and crap he is probably shoving pretty wide.

Call only because villian is raising you pretty light from your previous spewtarding.

Hand 1: He had 5BB and there were antes. I mean, I would shove K4s here if not for SB.

Hand 2: Look at the pot-odds. I can either fold first in (which seems too tight) or I can raise/call, but raise/folding sucks, IMO.

Hand 3: But the shove is 25BB, meaning it gives me much worse pot odds than in the previous cases.

First two are fine obv.


Second one I'm not fist-pumping but it's a clear call for me.

But your not the SB (I would shove this also from the SB). This wasn't as bad as the next hand, but this is a REALLY easy way to lose chips. EDIT: Note that K4s is only 54.9% vs a random hand.

Rough estimate, is you need to call 8000 to win 12000 (2-3 odds), which means you need 40% equity. Against the top 10.3% of hands you only have 35.25% equity. Against a SUPER agro restealing range of 22+,A2s+,KTs+,QTs+,JTs,A6o+,KTo+,QJo you have 42% equity, which makes it a very borderline call. Pot odds made you call hand #1, but this is a FOOOOOOOOOLLLLDDDDD.

Rough estimate again you are risking 18k to win 23 k, so you need 44-45% equity. Against a tight range give the history here of 88+,ATs+,KTs+,QJs,AJo+ you have 46% equity (throw in a couple lower pocket pairs and any worse Aces and your equity is going WAY up). SO this is a call, 99 is a much, much stronger hand than KJo

all 3 are standard as long as you snapcall with 99 (the KJ hand im too lazy to open pokerstove but it looks like a call to me)

RandomGuy --

Hand 1: You're neglecting to account for the times I just steal the blinds.

Hand 2: By my calculation (I need to call 7688 and the final pot is 21296), I only need 36% equity to call profitably.

Hand 3: I totally agree -- just wasn't sure if he'd tighten up his shoving range because he's seen me call with relatively weak hands so far.

first two hands are perfectly fine with your stack in that position. Have to call with 99 in hand 3 imo, in most cases even without image.