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November 8, 2010
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I am taking a two week vacation in Manila, Philippines and there is a really good live poker scene here. The Metro Card Room has two tournaments a day plus loads of cash game action. Resorts World casino has cash games and a Sunday 100k GTD tournament – I came 4th last Sunday.
On Wednesday, I was playing in the 75k GTD bounty tournament. 1000 buy-in + 300 for the bounty. If you convert to US$ it seems a small tournament but for here, it's midstakes!
We are down to 11 players – stone cold bubble time. Most of the remaining players are competent, although the overall standard is quite poor – lots of cash game-type plays.
Blinds are 1000/2000 + 200 and I am in cutoff with AQs. I have 25bbs.
Hijack is laggy, he opens for 5000. I decide to take a trappy line and just flat. Button folds, SB folds, BB shoves for 20bbs. Opener folds.
I feel that the player who has shoved feels I am weak as I just flatted the open. Normally I would instacall but since it's the bubble, does it change the decision? Can we fold AQs here?
On reflection, would I have been better just to shove 3-bet shove AQs with 25bbs?
Would love to hear your views. Off to play the 100k GTD Friday night tourney now. Hope to make final table this time!
June 12, 2013
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What was the average stack? Perhaps BB was just abusing the bubble, and AQ was way ahead. Your odds for a calling seem pretty good. Good to have a plan before you make your first move regarding whether the bb will shove.
May 1, 2013
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i think you need to call off most of your chips here as played you planned to trap with aq (although i dont know if its best hand to trap with) and he maybe senses weakness and so is shoving wide and perhaps here you will have him dominated often, i guess you could have saved yourself the anguish by shoving pre but youll feel like you played it great if he rolls over kq /aj/a10/a9. Is the cash a lot of money to you? If the cash is important to you then i guess you need to fold as maybe flip and if you lose this one then youll have next to no chips however if min cashing is not a big requirement and you are in it to win it then i guess you should be calling off here i would but im not expert just my oppinion. gl
also obv depends on opponent also if shover is supernit then im folding aq on bubble but if you believe he is defo capable of shoving light to pick up dead money then you need to call imo.
July 31, 2013
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Yeah, tough to say without much info on villain and also where he is in the overall standing. As Tracy mentions he could be abusing the bubble. Somethimes this could be a clear fold, other times a clear call. Without any more info, this seems like a call IMO, but as mentioned, things such as villain and average/where villain is on the chipcount would help to make a better decision.
November 8, 2010
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Thanks for the replies. Average stack is probably 30-35 bigs. I had just moved tables so I didn't have much info on the villain.
Busted yesterday's tourney shoving K7o on button with 9bb. BB woke up with KJ and called. GG
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