K9 push?

[jah0550]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (3 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Hero (t915)
BB (t5355)
Button (t1730)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t915 (All-In)</font>, BB calls t715.

Flop: (t1830) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t1830) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t1830) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t1830

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Kh 9s (one pair, tens).
BB has As 2s (one pair, tens).
Outcome: BB wins t1830. </font>

[shoeman]

Yes. I push this 100% of the time.

[eastbay]

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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (3 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Hero (t915)
BB (t5355)
Button (t1730)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t915 (All-In)</font>, BB calls t715.

Flop: (t1830) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t1830) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t1830) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t1830

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Kh 9s (one pair, tens).
BB has As 2s (one pair, tens).
Outcome: BB wins t1830. </font>

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I think it's an easy push. Here's a $EV analysis. Let's assume BB is going to call with any pair, any ace, and some bigger kings:

http://sitngo-analyzer.com/poker/K9o.PNG

Of course, BB might be looser than that since he knows you're in trouble soon and have to start pushing:

http://sitngo-analyzer.com/poker/K9o-loose.PNG

It's a little closer but still a push when you include all kings and some stronger queens.

What if he's going to call you no matter what. Is that better or worse?

http://sitngo-analyzer.com/poker/K9o-anytwo.PNG

It's a little better, since your K9o is reasonably strong against a random hand.

Bottom line: sometimes in SnGs you have to push because it's mathematically unexploitable to do so. Which is to say, no matter what your opponents do, they can't stop you from increasing your equity.

eastbay

[jah0550]

Eastbay-
Great post man. Do you have that spreadsheet on a website? If you could give me the link, I would appreciate it. Did you make that spreadsheet? If so, that thing could come in very handy to me. Thanks for the response. I have a few more hands to post today that I'd like you to take a look at.

[eastbay]

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Eastbay-
Great post man. Do you have that spreadsheet on a website? If you could give me the link, I would appreciate it. Did you make that spreadsheet? If so, that thing could come in very handy to me. Thanks for the response. I have a few more hands to post today that I'd like you to take a look at.

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eastbay