sammy_g
02-21-2005, 12:14 PM
I'm posting this hand from memory, so the details are a little fuzzy.
I'm playing the Stars $11 rebuy last night. It's down to roughly 200 players, and 135 get paid. I have 15,000 chips. Blinds are 1,000/2,000. There's an ante, but I forget how large.
A player from early position with 17,000 chips makes it 8,000 to go. This player has frequently made these kinds of raises with a stack <10xBB. Maybe he wants to leave himself at least some chips if the flop misses. It's folded to me in late middle position, where I have AQo. What's my play?
The 4xBB raise seems to indicate to me that villan has a decent hand, but that he doesn't really want action. Maybe something difficult to play after the flop like a middle pair or maybe AQ or AK that he is afraid will miss. I reason that I don't have any folding equity since villan has already committed half of his stack and that I'm not really a favorite against the range of hands that he might make this play with. I fold.
Everyone behind me folds, and villan wins the blinds and antes. He flashes his cards. I'll tell what they were in a follow-up.
How did I do? Is there a default play with AQo in these sorts of situations? AJ seems like an easy fold, and I'm sure I would have pushed with AK. I hesitate with AQ.
Does your play change earlier in the tournament when the stacks are deeper?
I'm playing the Stars $11 rebuy last night. It's down to roughly 200 players, and 135 get paid. I have 15,000 chips. Blinds are 1,000/2,000. There's an ante, but I forget how large.
A player from early position with 17,000 chips makes it 8,000 to go. This player has frequently made these kinds of raises with a stack <10xBB. Maybe he wants to leave himself at least some chips if the flop misses. It's folded to me in late middle position, where I have AQo. What's my play?
The 4xBB raise seems to indicate to me that villan has a decent hand, but that he doesn't really want action. Maybe something difficult to play after the flop like a middle pair or maybe AQ or AK that he is afraid will miss. I reason that I don't have any folding equity since villan has already committed half of his stack and that I'm not really a favorite against the range of hands that he might make this play with. I fold.
Everyone behind me folds, and villan wins the blinds and antes. He flashes his cards. I'll tell what they were in a follow-up.
How did I do? Is there a default play with AQo in these sorts of situations? AJ seems like an easy fold, and I'm sure I would have pushed with AK. I hesitate with AQ.
Does your play change earlier in the tournament when the stacks are deeper?