Lucky Irishman
03-13-2005, 10:31 PM
i generally play cash games, but felt like playing a few party sng's yesterday, and ran into a situation that made me think that i wanted some other players' opinions.
basically, top three get paid 5x, 3x, and 2x respectively, and there are four of us left. blinds are 200/400.
sb - had 4200, and was playing big stack well (showing a wilingness to gamble and applying plenty of pressure)
bb - had 4000, and was sitting back
utg - me with 900. i knew i would get a call by one of the big stacks (if i went all in this hand with both of them in the binds), and was going to be committed to play my bb (unless something really strange happened that could cause a likely elimination without me playing).
button - 900 chips like me, but with the advantage of seeing me go through the bb first next hand.
now here's what happened:
i had garbage and folded, thinking that i would like to see an ace for my bb which i was going to be commited to playing, and to my suprise the button player with the same amount of chips as me went all in with pocket 5's, and was to no suprise called by both big stack blinds. his small pocket pair did not make it through the gauntlet, and he finished on the bubble.
at first i thought this was a very bad play on his part, since the two blinds are almost certain to call and you are not likely to win facing 4 overcards, but for some reason i felt that other players may be able to rationalize his move.
can anyone stick up for the button's play here? and why? if he folds his 5's, then i will have to play the two big stacks with a random hand.
basically, top three get paid 5x, 3x, and 2x respectively, and there are four of us left. blinds are 200/400.
sb - had 4200, and was playing big stack well (showing a wilingness to gamble and applying plenty of pressure)
bb - had 4000, and was sitting back
utg - me with 900. i knew i would get a call by one of the big stacks (if i went all in this hand with both of them in the binds), and was going to be committed to play my bb (unless something really strange happened that could cause a likely elimination without me playing).
button - 900 chips like me, but with the advantage of seeing me go through the bb first next hand.
now here's what happened:
i had garbage and folded, thinking that i would like to see an ace for my bb which i was going to be commited to playing, and to my suprise the button player with the same amount of chips as me went all in with pocket 5's, and was to no suprise called by both big stack blinds. his small pocket pair did not make it through the gauntlet, and he finished on the bubble.
at first i thought this was a very bad play on his part, since the two blinds are almost certain to call and you are not likely to win facing 4 overcards, but for some reason i felt that other players may be able to rationalize his move.
can anyone stick up for the button's play here? and why? if he folds his 5's, then i will have to play the two big stacks with a random hand.