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09-05-2017 , 07:24 PM

Soebr

enthusiast

Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 98

Hero opens off of 30bb-50bb stack, gets jammed on (or raised) by a 10bb-25bb stack.

This is a common scenario that happens to me deep in MTTs and I have no idea what my calling range should look like.

Here are a few sample hands that demonstrate the scenario. When replying, please explain your thought process. I'd like to be able to understand what I should be thinking in this scenario, not just in these isolated events.

Hand 1

Poker Stars, $6.82 Buy-in (250/500 blinds, 65 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players

SB: 12,682 (25.4 bb) 24/19 3B: 6.9 [185 hands]
BB: 12,398 (24.8 bb)
UTG+2: 3,013 (6 bb)
MP1: 16,303 (32.6 bb)
MP2: 27,654 (55.3 bb)
MP3: 4,205 (8.4 bb)
CO: 7,010 (14 bb)
Hero (BTN): 11,053 (22.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with Q

5 folds, Hero raises to 1,105, SB raises to 3,250, BB folds, action to Hero.

Hand 2

Poker Stars, $6.82 Buy-in (150/300 blinds, 40 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players

SB: 8,554 (28.5 bb)
BB: 5,160 (17.2 bb) 35/16 3B: 5.9 [85 hands]
Hero (UTG+1): 8,990 (30 bb)
UTG+2: 4,163 (13.9 bb)
MP1: 15,477 (51.6 bb)
MP2: 4,748 (15.8 bb)
MP3: 6,488 (21.6 bb)
CO: 13,334 (44.4 bb)
BTN: 6,995 (23.3 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A

Hero raises to 741, 7 folds, BB raises to 5,120 and is all-in, action to Hero.

All help is appreciated.

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09-05-2017 , 10:15 PM

osirus0830

grinder

Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 540

Hmmm....call

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09-06-2017 , 02:36 AM

ArtyMcFly

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 13,256

Thought process goes something like:

What range does villain have in this spot? (Knowing whether villain is a loose or tight shover helps a lot).
How much equity does my hand have against that range? (I don't literally think of a number. I just have a feel for how well my hand plays against that range.)
Am I getting the right price to call if I'm behind?
Are there ICM or other factors that make me reluctant to race for my tourney life at this stage?

And then I call and get beaten by a hand I dominate.

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09-06-2017 , 03:23 AM

sixfour

should be called sevenfour

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 74,754

first one i call because of position and we should be raising wide, hence there's more stuff that he might cram with that we beat, second one while it's not as big a jam, we're opening first up so he shouldn't be doing this with as much we beat, so i'd muck. suppose it does depend if we appear active

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09-06-2017 , 11:05 AM

madlex

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 17,440

If you have no information about your opponents and we don't worry about ICM too much, I'd check a push-fold-chart to see how wide they are supposed to shove with their respective stack size and act accordingly.

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09-19-2017 , 04:10 PM

Burtakus

centurion

Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 144

For me, hand 1 is a snap call 100% of the time. Hand 2 depends on how active we have each been the past couple of orbits but I would lean towards a call.

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