jsmith5
08-09-2004, 02:43 PM
Foxwoods offers three levels of satellites to qualify for a $10K seat in this fall's WPT event. Act I is a $60 one-table event where the top three move onto Act II. You can buy into Act II for $150, which is another one-table satellite. The winner goes onto Act III, and 2nd and 3rd get into another Act II. Act III is a multi-table tournament where the top 10% get a $10K seat.
By the end of the first two levels of the Act III, I had nearly tripled my stack to around T8000. I hand only played a few hands, but made the most out of them. However, I ran into a couple monsters, and my set of 2's ran into a set of 8's (thankfully I smelled that one and got away from it).
So by the end of the 4th level, I'm down to just under 3K. MP raises to 600 (100/200 blinds with 25 ante). He seemed to be a tight player who had only been in a few pots. I had position with pocket 88, and decided to call because I thought I could outplay him after the flop.
I watched his reaction to the flop as it came down J/images/graemlins/club.gif4/images/graemlins/club.gif7/images/graemlins/spade.gif. He looked at the flop, then looking directly at me picked up his stack of chips, set them down hard in front of him and declared, "I'm all-in."
I immediately asked "So do you have AK or AJ?" just to get a reaction. He didn't say anything but just started ahead.
Normally this seems like a pretty easy laydown, but it would end up leaving me very short-stacked, with blinds and antes about to go up again (and raising every 20 mins). I only had 600 invested, but I felt like he was making a move to buy the pot.
Would you lay down your 8-8 here? Do you put him on an overpair or AK? Or do you think he's just trying to buy the pot and push you off a flush draw? Is it worth the gamble if you figure he's on a bluff?
By the end of the first two levels of the Act III, I had nearly tripled my stack to around T8000. I hand only played a few hands, but made the most out of them. However, I ran into a couple monsters, and my set of 2's ran into a set of 8's (thankfully I smelled that one and got away from it).
So by the end of the 4th level, I'm down to just under 3K. MP raises to 600 (100/200 blinds with 25 ante). He seemed to be a tight player who had only been in a few pots. I had position with pocket 88, and decided to call because I thought I could outplay him after the flop.
I watched his reaction to the flop as it came down J/images/graemlins/club.gif4/images/graemlins/club.gif7/images/graemlins/spade.gif. He looked at the flop, then looking directly at me picked up his stack of chips, set them down hard in front of him and declared, "I'm all-in."
I immediately asked "So do you have AK or AJ?" just to get a reaction. He didn't say anything but just started ahead.
Normally this seems like a pretty easy laydown, but it would end up leaving me very short-stacked, with blinds and antes about to go up again (and raising every 20 mins). I only had 600 invested, but I felt like he was making a move to buy the pot.
Would you lay down your 8-8 here? Do you put him on an overpair or AK? Or do you think he's just trying to buy the pot and push you off a flush draw? Is it worth the gamble if you figure he's on a bluff?