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AQ utg with 23bb...is this a shove?

terbet11

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February 20, 2011 - 4:25 pm

Hello Everyone,

I found myself in this position last night and was wondering if this is a jam, or a min raise. I elected to shove due to the fact the blinds were going up in 1 minute. I personally feel that it was the right play, but at the same time don't want to be spewing chips either. Any insight or suggestions would be great.

Full Tilt Poker $18,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t100/t200 Blinds – 9 players
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter

ChEcK2dARaZoR (SB): t4090 20.45 BBs
LuongT (BB): t11290 56.45 BBs
Hero (UTG): t4680 23.40 BBs
InItToWinIt131 (UTG+1): t6772 33.86 BBs
Jobu79 (UTG+2): t3725 18.62 BBs
FEDYL63 (MP1): t6642 33.21 BBs
margarito123 (MP2): t5420 27.10 BBs
chutana (CO): t4900 24.50 BBs
swilson154 (BTN): t7114 35.57 BBs

Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is UTG with Q of spades A of clubs
Hero raises to t4680 all in, 3 folds, margarito123 calls t4680, 4 folds

Flop: (t9660) 5 of diamonds 4 of spades 2 of clubs (2 players – 1 is all in)

Turn: (t9660) 8 of spades (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: (t9660) 7 of diamonds (2 players – 1 is all in)

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February 20, 2011 - 4:39 pm

with 23 beebs i think you can make a standard raise here, i dont think you need to open jam

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Talheimer

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February 20, 2011 - 4:48 pm

I would definetly not push this pre ante.

jjyykk

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February 20, 2011 - 4:59 pm

Yeah this is a really spewy push pre-ante and probably suboptimal post-ante as well. I would just open/evaluate.

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February 20, 2011 - 5:01 pm

at this point of a tourney im begging for any and all action and dont think its a good idea to shove away your action. fwiw i shove AQ at 19 bbs

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February 20, 2011 - 5:07 pm

We should open here. When our jam gets called we are going to be in bad shape often. When everyone folds we only get 300 chips. Neither of which is a great results.

By opening to 425, we are setting the opportunity for many different profitable results to occur.

terbet11

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February 20, 2011 - 5:53 pm

Thanks guy for the input…not going to lie…was late and after evaluating again, probably not the most optimal play especially in the pre ante stages of the tourney. I appreciate all of the quick responses. Best of Luck at the tables!

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February 21, 2011 - 4:21 am

i'm opening as small as possible (min) and evaluating the action.. if you've been min opening lots your range is wide enough to get action from plenty worse

Budr8cin

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February 21, 2011 - 12:14 pm

I raise it up 2.5x and see who does what.