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02-01-2012 , 12:52 PM

WTF.

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 366

On Game, $20 Buy-in (200/400 blinds, 40 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 5 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: 2,838 (7.1 bb)
Hero (BB): 5,500 (13.8 bb)
MP: 2,502 (6.3 bb)
CO: 1,890 (4.7 bb)
BTN: 2,270 (5.7 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K

MP raises to 1,000, 4 folds

Results: 1,200 pot
MP mucked and won 1,200 (760 net)

i don´t know villain... my HUD said 21/7 over 15 hands filtered

i played a little bit with wiz, but i can´t figure the right ranges vs unknowns in this spot...

my thought was, that he seems nitty and i don´t need a race, because i have enough chips to find better spots

what do you shove here?

is call and push a nice flop an option? or a simple stop´n´go? why? why not?

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02-01-2012 , 01:02 PM

entim

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,004

It's just a huge fold, you can't afford to try and make a hand oop with 5 handed
ICM, 7vpip even over small sample indicates monster here

I would shove AK/TT+
I think I would actually convince myself to fold TT so i'm probably lying about that.

Why not stop and go? Because oppponents are starting to call flop with their entire range in 2012, with A high or any pair which they def already have in this hand

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02-01-2012 , 02:16 PM

Ronny Mahoni

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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4,452

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Originally Posted by WTF.

is call and push a nice flop an option? or a simple stop´n´go? why? why not?

Stop´n´go = call and push flop

Im with entim here, very easy fold. Im shoving a bit wider than entim though. While 21/7 is pretty tight I dont think villain folds hands like 77 or AJ often. I also dont think that his small raise size indicates a monster because guys like this one do small raises with their entire raising range all the time. Id even say that a guy with those stats is more likely to limp AA/KK.

So my range is prolly something like AQ+/99+.

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02-01-2012 , 02:37 PM

WTF.

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 366

thx so far!

@ronny: the accentuation (is this the right word?) of the first sentence was "push a NICE flop" ... so i thought maybe i check/fold horrible flops instead of a stop´n´go... dumb idea

i´m glad i posted this hand, because it seems that my thought process in these spots is somtetimes way off...

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