Villain is 50/36 over a 30 hand sample size and has been actively opening pots. There's approx. 255 runners left in the tourney and 234 get paid. My image is TAG.
Hero's play?
Poker Stars $2K GTD No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t200/t400 Blinds + t50 – 9 players
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter
MP2: BB = 105.5, t42212
CO: BB = 19.9, t7970
BTN: BB = 85.0, t33985
SB: BB = 13.4, t5369
BB: BB = 78.5, t31413
UTG: BB = 40.6, t16255
UTG+1: BB = 37.0, t14802
UTG+2: BB = 10.9, t4375
Hero (MP1): BB = 24.2, t9670
Pre Flop: (t1050) Hero is MP1 with Q A
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t888, 1 fold, Hero ?????
shangobango said:
I ship it. But this stage of the tourney with this stack size is something that I definitely feel I need to work on.
You have the right idea. Know need to get fancy or try to be tricky with just 24bb. Lets ship it, watch him fold and collect chips. If we were deeper we would have other options. But here, just ship
bjizz
I probably ship, no need to get fancy and let him catch a flop with a small 3 bet. With this stack size its jam or fold, if you can deal with the variance when somone calls and you are racing then ship it. Assuming this 2k gtd on stars is the $1 buy in you might even get called by AJ or worse!
Thanks for your responses.
Here's how the hand played out
My initial response was to just flat and take a flop, but once I considered how active the villain was I decided that I'm well ahead of his range, I have fold equity considering the stack sizes and we're close to the bubble which should give my shove more credit given that there are still bigger stacks to my left still yet to act before it gets around back to villain, so I decided to shove….. He snaps and tables (AKo)
Even agg players wake up with monsters. Given the result, it seems like Kuroshi's line was the best. If you had 19bb's, it would have been an easy shove and if he flips over AK, oh well, variance happens. With 25bb's maybe what Kuroshi said, throw out a small 3bet and if he 4bet ships we are good enough to lay it down, would be best.
What is everyones thought after the result? I feel like this is tough spot in mtt poker that happens alot, when you have 25bb's which is by no means down and out. Is this really necessary to put in 25bb's and risk getting caught by a monster? Like I said, 19bb's is a snap shove but 25bb's gives u a lot more room. I dont start to panic till about 15bb's. Again, thoughts after the result?
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