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08-04-2010 , 05:35 PM

jd80

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call/fold here?

Hand #1
Full Tilt Poker $5 + $0.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t120/t240 Blinds - 4 players
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Hero (SB): t3683 15.35 BBs
BB: t3598 14.99 BBs
CO: t3531 14.71 BBs
BTN: t2688 11.20 BBs

Pre Flop: (t360) Hero is SB with J

1 fold, BTN raises to t2688 all in, 2 folds

Final Pot: t600
BTN wins t600

Hand #2
Full Tilt Poker $5 + $0.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds - 4 players
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Hero (SB): t3923 19.61 BBs
BB: t4258 21.29 BBs
CO: t2791 13.96 BBs
BTN: t2528 12.64 BBs

Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is SB with A

1 fold, BTN raises to t2528 all in, 2 folds

Final Pot: t500
BTN wins t500

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08-04-2010 , 05:46 PM

EzplusEV

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First hnd is an easy fold. He would have to be pushing like 65% of his hands to make it a marginal call.

Second hand is player dependent. Do you have any reads?

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08-04-2010 , 05:50 PM

JesusEatsCheese

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fold both

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08-04-2010 , 05:57 PM

jd80

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Originally Posted by EzplusEV

First hnd is an easy fold. He would have to be pushing like 65% of his hands to make it a marginal call.

Second hand is player dependent. Do you have any reads?

he's been pretty spewy, shoving a couple of times before on btn

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08-04-2010 , 05:58 PM

litlebullet

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you can absolutely never, ever, ever, ever, ever call hand 1
hand 2 is still somewhat close I think I fold that as well. BB covering you should tighten your range a tiny bit more as well imo. I am folding and shoving aq+

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08-04-2010 , 06:02 PM

gfunk018

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first hold no brainer fold.

2nd hand I'd probably call, unless I was pushing everyone around, depends what type of player you are. Remember it's better to go out betting than calling.

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08-04-2010 , 06:14 PM

jd80

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we were on the bubble at the time, does that change anything....villain was 31/19 afq of 40, i was playing pretty straight forward ABC poker up to this point

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08-04-2010 , 06:18 PM

The Gerk

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1) Snap-fold
2) Strongly consider a call, especially if the villain is continuously making this play. In my experience at these stakes, players don't shove AQ-AK as often as A-rag. You could be flipping, but I like your hand here.

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08-04-2010 , 06:31 PM

JPII

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For those considering a call in the second hand. Why? U are solidly in second place, almost tied for 1st. If u call, and lose, which is obv easy to happen even if he has J4. U are crippled and basically done at 100/200. IMO it's not worth the gamble at this stage w/ ur stack on the bubble, if u were a shorty, yea.

U will find much better spots to either shove urself or call a shove w. U said u've gotten here by playing solid abc poker, why stop now. Let them duke it out w/ each other. Why wud u want to gamble it up here after all ur hard work to get to this point w/ A10. Not worth a call imo.

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08-04-2010 , 07:42 PM

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jd80

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Originally Posted by JPII

+1

btw villain ended up limping with AA utg and getting beat by sb w/ j7 on the bubble......hehe

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08-04-2010 , 10:11 PM

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lisadawn

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fold both hands

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08-05-2010 , 03:56 AM

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Monkey Banana

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They're both snapfolds and people shouldn't give answers in threads like this if they don't understand why hand 2 is an easy fold or know howto use the tool that will show them why.

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