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Need a quick shove check here from a live tourney...

kennycalhoo

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December 24, 2012 - 7:02 pm

27 entries, down to 10. 15 minute levels, so it was moving quickly, and blinds had just gone up to 6/12. I had 10.5K chips, probably around 6th out of the 10 left.

Folded to me on the button. SB only has 3K chips, BB is chip leader. I look down at Q10s. I decided to shove. Obviously, I wouldn't be typing this if I'd won, but with only 9ish BBs left, I felt it was a good shove spot.

First live tourney since joining TPE a couple months ago. Found myself playing more aggressively, feeling like I was making smarter decisions, and had doubled my stack before the blinds got up to a shove/fold situation. Which, with 15 minute blinds, is quickly.

Thanks for reading.

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December 24, 2012 - 7:47 pm

next time, just pretend to look at your cards before shoving any two 😀

nah seriously, i think this is fine.

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December 24, 2012 - 10:05 pm

Totally fine, Pushbot says shove any 2 here profitably.

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December 25, 2012 - 4:38 am

Yeah, QTs is an easy shove in this spot.

But I think pushbot is wrong about any two because of 4 stacks smaller than you and I'm assuming top 5 pays and BB is likely to call light. Especially not any two if it's no antes (he didn't specify).

Assuming top 5 pays and average stack of around 20k a shove range like 35% is good; 22+ Ax+ K3s+ K7o+ Q7s+ Q9o+ J8s+ JTo T8s+ 98s. Might be slightly wider if BB isn't calling light or if our image is super nitty/good.

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December 25, 2012 - 9:02 pm

ATC there. QTs may as well be the nuts for that spot