What are u supose to do with a M of 8, UTG pocket 8s???
Poker Stars $3.00 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t500/t1000 Blinds + t100 – 9 players
Hand Conversion courtesy of Tournament Poker Edge
zikman1982 (BTN): t91139 M = 37.97
martinsped70 (SB): t11382 M = 4.74
morfyn2 (BB): t26895 M = 11.21
I RicMar I (UTG): t18314 M = 7.63
Po3uK (UTG+1): t95380 M = 39.74
elee (UTG+2): t31243 M = 13.02
KostyanZ72 (MP1): t19010 M = 7.92
gregcheck007 (MP2): t42564 M = 17.73
01mychips03 (CO): t2620 M = 1.09
Pre Flop: (t2400) I RicMar I is UTG with 8 8
I RicMar I raises to t2000, 5 folds, zikman1982 raises to t4000, 2 folds, I RicMar I raises to t18214 all in, zikman1982 calls t14214
Flop: (t38828) 5 4 A (2 players – 1 is all in)
Turn: (t38828) Q (2 players – 1 is all in)
River: (t38828) 9 (2 players – 1 is all in)
With 18bb's I would open shove there and be happy to take the blinds… Reasons being that 88 just won't flop well most of the times if we are called and our stack can't really afford to cbet and fold…
I also would shove 22bb's here, tho I 'm not sure if that is a smart thing to do…
Base your decision as if you were UTG+1 as there is a player with a M=1 to act after you; just ignore him, im mean I know.
I didnt yet had the time (Lazyness is definitly -EV) to calculate the M you need with specific pairs, in different positions, to make an open shove +EV.
Until I do so, I use a graph that indicates for every pair, in every position, the probability that somebody ends up with a bigger pair than mine; as those are the hands against which your equity is just awful (18%).
In your case, with 88 in UTG+1, there is a 18.9% (1/5.3) probability that a player still to act wake up with 99+.
The rest of the time you either pick up the blinds or ends up playing for stack against high cards (AK,AQ, maybe AJ) as a slight favorite, or against a lower pair (most likely 77) as a big favorite.
Its a tough one, but since your gonna go through the blinds next hand, and that I think some players call your shove with 77, I would open shove.
I dont like making a normal raise as some bad players will flat you with junk, and put you in tough spots on flops with overcards.
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