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Bigger $8 last few tables - sick spot

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April 8, 2013 - 2:54 pm

About 35 people out 15k runners are left.

Villain played 19/14/6 and a 60% steal. He is mixing it up late (have seen him open 42s from CO), 3betting steals etc. but never really getting out of line.

I have been carddead forever and kept folding. In the last hour I've only shown down AKs so my image looks like a nit.

I was thinking of shoving my hand pre since it can't be exploited and I didn't want to get into some weird spots where I get flatted. I then decided against it to give someone a chance to tool out or try to reshove their AJ (I'm fine with flipping at this point to either get a stack or bust).

I didn't expect a min-clickback from the next seat and probably the most solid player at the table.

Poker Stars $8.00+$0.80 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t17500/t35000 Blinds + t4375 – 9 players – View hand 2170694
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter

UTG+2: BB = 29.2, t1023285
MP1: BB = 8.1, t281786
MP2: BB = 55.7, t1950190
CO: BB = 39.1, t1368367
BTN: BB = 18.2, t637795
SB: BB = 14.2, t496133
BB: BB = 32.8, t1146391
UTG: BB = 21.0, t733670
Hero (UTG+1): BB = 16.0, t561637

Pre Flop: (t91875) Hero is UTG+1 with 9 of diamonds 9 of hearts
1 fold, Hero raises to t70000, UTG+2 raises to t105211, 6 folds

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April 8, 2013 - 3:32 pm

its probably still gotta get all in with you have 16bb

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April 8, 2013 - 4:13 pm

Dont think you can fold here, just pray he has AK. To be honest, personally I just rip here with 16bbs. I Know the trend is to riase with a short stack to make things look stronger, but this is becoming old now and people are putting the shorties to the test. The number of times I have 3bet light against a shorty min raise and got folds is quite a few. Just ripping take the stress out of the decision.

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April 8, 2013 - 10:45 pm

Yeah, shove….one thing to consider is fine, you are willing to flip vs. a hand like AJ. But by shoving you are forcing out hands like JTs, QJ, etc., hands which nines are better than, but will have tremendous equity. Don't let those hands see a flop in this situation. Its a little counterintuitive but by shoving you actually reduce your variance and make it more likely you will end the hand right there, rather than let all the overcard hands have a crack at you. With JJ for example I'd be more willing to 2x pre to induce.

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April 9, 2013 - 6:23 am

I think we're in awful shape vs his range here and you can make a case for making a really tight r/f.

AK probably 3 bets to a different size. I could be way off but this looks so nutted to me.