nightlyraver
11-22-2004, 02:59 PM
Say you are in late position w/ 5's and you only have about 6xBB left. In my specific case, the hand took place at a final table and blinds were high so most people had 12xBB or less. Anyway, UTG+1 raises to about 3.5xBB - about a quarter of his stack I believe - and it's folded to me. I'm short stacked and I'm in MP3. I decided to push since 5's were the best hand I've seen in a while and could not afford another orbit. What does everyone think of this push?
The reason that I ask is for the following reason: I decided to discount the possiblity that the raiser had AA or KK since he likely wanted to extract the max value and stacks were not deep enough for people to really play back at him all that much. Therefore, I put him on AK,AQ,AJs, or QQ. He was not the type that would raise that amount with JJ I felt.
The crux of the question is that since part of the reason that you push is to hope that all fold and you steal the pot. If we both figure it to be a race situation, is there a possibility that UTG+1 will fold his AK (which is what he actually had) when top 5 get paid, there are 9 people left and he is getting about 1.9:1 on his money? If the answer is no, then does that make the push incorrect?
The reason that I ask is for the following reason: I decided to discount the possiblity that the raiser had AA or KK since he likely wanted to extract the max value and stacks were not deep enough for people to really play back at him all that much. Therefore, I put him on AK,AQ,AJs, or QQ. He was not the type that would raise that amount with JJ I felt.
The crux of the question is that since part of the reason that you push is to hope that all fold and you steal the pot. If we both figure it to be a race situation, is there a possibility that UTG+1 will fold his AK (which is what he actually had) when top 5 get paid, there are 9 people left and he is getting about 1.9:1 on his money? If the answer is no, then does that make the push incorrect?