MylesD
02-23-2005, 05:03 PM
This is my first post. Thank you for all the information I have already read.
$4,500 Prima MTT I am in 12th place with 15 players left, around 130 players started. Top 10 win $$$. I have around T$7,800 with AKos on the button. Blinds were $500/$1000.
UTG player, which is the short stack, goes all in for $2,200. Everyone folds and the cutoff calls (T$11,700). Since I am in need of some chips I decide to just call and see the flop. I am not worried about the UTG player, I suspect he has a small PP, some face cards or just a desperate cry for chips. The cutoff has been loose all night and I suspect he is playing the chip stacks not his cards.
My question is... Should I have re-raised the cutoff pre-flop with my AKos?
The flop was Ace, 4, 6 with no flush possibilities. Cutoff checks, I bet the pot. I decide that my chip position, the size of the pot and my reads make it a no brainer to push with TPTK at this point. Any pocket pair is a dog at this point. If anyone went with small pocket pairs or Ace (4 or 6) bless thier brave heart.
Cutoff re-raises me the last of my stack, and I am happy because I am sure he does not have a set.
The hole cards were:
UTG-AQos
cutoff-AJos
Hero-AKos.
I lost the hand on the turn and got knocked out.
Could I have done something differently? Should I have even been in the hand putting my chips at risk in the first place. I think the cutoff check-raised me thinking the same line I was thinking, I have the Ace and that beats both of these opponents PP.
Was this just a standard play that went bad?
David
$4,500 Prima MTT I am in 12th place with 15 players left, around 130 players started. Top 10 win $$$. I have around T$7,800 with AKos on the button. Blinds were $500/$1000.
UTG player, which is the short stack, goes all in for $2,200. Everyone folds and the cutoff calls (T$11,700). Since I am in need of some chips I decide to just call and see the flop. I am not worried about the UTG player, I suspect he has a small PP, some face cards or just a desperate cry for chips. The cutoff has been loose all night and I suspect he is playing the chip stacks not his cards.
My question is... Should I have re-raised the cutoff pre-flop with my AKos?
The flop was Ace, 4, 6 with no flush possibilities. Cutoff checks, I bet the pot. I decide that my chip position, the size of the pot and my reads make it a no brainer to push with TPTK at this point. Any pocket pair is a dog at this point. If anyone went with small pocket pairs or Ace (4 or 6) bless thier brave heart.
Cutoff re-raises me the last of my stack, and I am happy because I am sure he does not have a set.
The hole cards were:
UTG-AQos
cutoff-AJos
Hero-AKos.
I lost the hand on the turn and got knocked out.
Could I have done something differently? Should I have even been in the hand putting my chips at risk in the first place. I think the cutoff check-raised me thinking the same line I was thinking, I have the Ace and that beats both of these opponents PP.
Was this just a standard play that went bad?
David