AJ vs KQ 10 off the money
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 3
Was playing a $0.55 6 max hyper-turbo on PokerStars. Don't have exact numbers sorry. Little bit of background on the table - Stacks ranging from about 12BBs to 20BBs
Blinds: 500/1000 250 Ante
Hero - UTG (~13BBs) - AJo
Villain - BU (~18BBs) - KQo
Pre Flop-
Hero opens to 3000
Folds round to the Villain who thinks for about 10 seconds before jamming for about 18,000
Folds back round to and the Hero calls
Flop comes down:
4K5 (rainbow)
Turn: 9
River: J
Villain wins pot of around 28000
Hero is eliminated in 116th place (107 places cash)
Just wondering about whether or not AJo is a call in this spot. I wasn't really thinking about ICM or anything like that, my main thoughts at the time were about what puts me in the best position to win this tournament and I came to the conclusion that winning a pot of 27k puts me closer to that goal than folding and waiting for a better hand.
Any advice or thoughts would be really helpful thanks!
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 3,452
I think just open jamming instead of raising 3k and then being forced to make a call might be the better play.
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 1,027
AJo with 13BB is either push or fold. on 6-max it seems like the push.
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 3,464
Just shove. This close to the money you really don't want to be inviting any callers by just 3 betting. Though if it makes you feel better, he's probably calling your shove anyways so it didn't change anything!
