kurto
01-21-2005, 05:46 PM
I was playing a PS $5.5 SitNGo. I believe the BB was $300. (I believe there was an ante too, but I forget the structure)
I had been in 2nd place until my AK and pocket 10s were beat and now I was being blinded out.
There's only 5 players left (2 have to go out for the money) and I'm now the low stack with around $1100. At this point, there's little limping. A lot of "All-in - Fold" happening.
I'm UTG with Pocket Aces. Here's my thoughts... If I go all in, there's a high percentage that everyone folds. This is likely the best hand I will have in a while and I'm about to be enter the BB. So, If I just win the blinds, I will give all that back the next 2 hands in the blinds. So I decide the best thing I can do is slowplay, hopeful for a raise (which I reraise all-in) or limpers,.. then go all in post flop. So I make the minimum bet of $300.
The button limps, the SB complete, the BB checks.
FLOP- 3-J-J.
Both blinds check to me. I know if there's a jack out there I'm virtually dead... but I also know that if I fold here, after the blinds, (assuming I don't get anything) I'll have $350 and have 3 hands to hit anything or I'm out. So I might as well go for it now, right? A jack being the only card I fear...
So I go all-in, folds to the SB who shows a J-7... and I'm out.
I don't want to be results oriented. I know that if I went all in, I would likely have won the blinds uncontested... but 2 hands later would be back in the same position. By limping, I had the opportunity for my aces to win 3BB instead of 1.5BB.
Does my play make sense? SHould I have just gone all in preflop or, since I'm so lowstacked and the blinds so high (relative to my stack), do I HAVE to maximize my potential and give the other players a chance to limp in or raise me?
I had been in 2nd place until my AK and pocket 10s were beat and now I was being blinded out.
There's only 5 players left (2 have to go out for the money) and I'm now the low stack with around $1100. At this point, there's little limping. A lot of "All-in - Fold" happening.
I'm UTG with Pocket Aces. Here's my thoughts... If I go all in, there's a high percentage that everyone folds. This is likely the best hand I will have in a while and I'm about to be enter the BB. So, If I just win the blinds, I will give all that back the next 2 hands in the blinds. So I decide the best thing I can do is slowplay, hopeful for a raise (which I reraise all-in) or limpers,.. then go all in post flop. So I make the minimum bet of $300.
The button limps, the SB complete, the BB checks.
FLOP- 3-J-J.
Both blinds check to me. I know if there's a jack out there I'm virtually dead... but I also know that if I fold here, after the blinds, (assuming I don't get anything) I'll have $350 and have 3 hands to hit anything or I'm out. So I might as well go for it now, right? A jack being the only card I fear...
So I go all-in, folds to the SB who shows a J-7... and I'm out.
I don't want to be results oriented. I know that if I went all in, I would likely have won the blinds uncontested... but 2 hands later would be back in the same position. By limping, I had the opportunity for my aces to win 3BB instead of 1.5BB.
Does my play make sense? SHould I have just gone all in preflop or, since I'm so lowstacked and the blinds so high (relative to my stack), do I HAVE to maximize my potential and give the other players a chance to limp in or raise me?