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04-14-2014 , 05:56 PM

unblvblx

centurion

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 180

Full Tilt, $5 Buy-in (800/1,600 blinds, 200 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 5 Players
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Hero (SB): 43,922 (27.5 bb)
BB: 107,458 (67.2 bb)
MP: 51,420 (32.1 bb)
CO: 85,251 (53.3 bb)
BTN: 59,949 (37.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q

MP raises to 9,600, 4 folds

Had hard time folding my hand, but villain's 17/9 after 121 hands and he shows that he has a hand he's not about folding. Obv never KK-AA, but possibly some 77-JJ and AQs+ most of the time. Do you agree with that range or do you just reshove in this spot having no folding equity?

Full Tilt, $5 Buy-in (1,000/2,000 blinds, 250 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 4 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (BTN): 39,272 (19.6 bb)
SB: 116,408 (58.2 bb)
BB: 126,221 (63.1 bb)
CO: 66,099 (33 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with J

CO raises to 4,000, Hero raises to 39,022 and is all-in, 3 folds

Not sure about it because villain's 13/9/6,53b/100f3b after 78 hands. Figured out I'm gonna get called super tight because of payjumps and I haven't 3bshoved earlier if I'm correct, also got an Ace blocker. Is it a standard play 20bb deep at 4handed ft?

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04-14-2014 , 07:21 PM

Svetisisti

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,701

Im very uncomfortable with these sizings unless ive seen showdowns from the villain. I often just put them on AK, plain simple. not sure if thats some kind of leak. ive seen them doing it with weaker aces as well. say, his been card dead and for couple rounds and hits an ace and is pissed off already and practically wants to shove and clicks some buttons. but like i said, i feel uncomfortable if no reads and just fold

second hand, standard nh

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04-15-2014 , 03:44 AM

unblvblx

centurion

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Cheers

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04-15-2014 , 06:32 AM

Puzo

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,657

Annoying as hell, but folding the first is prolly the right move. Dunno if my hand is obeying me and I actually click the fold button, but villain seems to like his hand a lot.

Second is standard re-shove.

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04-16-2014 , 01:34 AM

DrLifeIsGood

adept

Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 751

Hand #1 is close, but prolly a fold. It's sometimes a PP and sometimes he'll be clicking buttons, but if I haven't seen a showdown where he bet like this pre, I always assume that these kind of bets are AK a lot. We can't flat, so it's jam or fold and against a 14/9 over 121 hands who's opening UTG I think folding is fine (even though it's gross to fold AQs 5-handed on a <30x stack).

Hand #2 is an easy jam on 20x.

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04-17-2014 , 09:28 PM

Dragons_Egg

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Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,861

I shove hand 1. If he has AK then so be it. You're the shortest stack at the table, and you clearly still have fold equity with your stacksize. He obv doesn't want action, so looks like a good spot to ICM-**** him. I bet he'd convince himself to fold hands as strong as 99.

Hand 2 is standard.

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04-17-2014 , 09:37 PM

nonsimplesimon

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,166

I'd gii both hands. No way am i folding AQs short handed with these stax. Also you have to take in account are those statistics from full ring or do they include his short handed play as well? Some guys play relatively tight at a full table and then open up at a short table.

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