ThorGoT
12-16-2004, 08:05 PM
I've faced this situation twice now in the past couple of days, and I imagine I will face it again. The general scenario is simple: (1) early in a tournament, at least one player before me and myself are in the pot but not pot committed; (2) a medium stack goes all-in after us in a 'steal' position; (3) the medium stack all-in is called -- *but not raised* -- by a sandwiched stack (between the all-in bet and my earlier call) comparable to my own; and (4) I have AK, suited or otherwise, and a regular stack. What range of hands do the raiser and the caller have, and what should I do? The previous time I had faced a similar situation, I went all in and was called by the other regular stack; the medium stack had 88 and the other regular stack had something like AJ.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
MP1 (t930)
MP2 (t375)
MP3 (t1535)
Hero (t1170)
Button (t530)
SB (t400)
BB (t1125)
UTG (t1360)
UTG+1 (t2575)
Preflop: Hero is CO with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t90</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, Hero calls t90, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t530 (All-In)</font>, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls t440, Hero . . . .
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
MP1 (t930)
MP2 (t375)
MP3 (t1535)
Hero (t1170)
Button (t530)
SB (t400)
BB (t1125)
UTG (t1360)
UTG+1 (t2575)
Preflop: Hero is CO with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t90</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, Hero calls t90, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t530 (All-In)</font>, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls t440, Hero . . . .