Wierd wierd hand

[Exitonly]

Party $5 Rebuy and Addon
Average stack was 18k, 70 people left, 40 pay.

***** Hand History for Game 2492784791 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:14621003 Level:10 Blinds (300/600) - Sunday, August 07, 09:14:50 EDT 2005
Table Multi-Table R+A(418492) Table #7 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: kls1003 ( $16118 )
Seat 2: lender333 ( $10178 )
Seat 3: spaceman1945 ( $29700 )
Seat 4: Exitonly4 ( $9290 )
Seat 5: flykid83 ( $12321 )
Seat 6: seeendit ( $20170 )
Seat 7: seanKGB ( $9440 )
Seat 8: MERSEDES777 ( $3390 )
Seat 10: chequesplay1 ( $37450 )
Seat 9: RoboRick822 ( $16001 )
Trny:14621003 Level:10
Blinds (300/600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Exitonly4 [ Qh Qs ]
Exitonly4 raises [1500].
flykid83 folds.
seeendit raises [5300].
seanKGB folds.
MERSEDES777 folds.
RoboRick822 folds.
chequesplay1 folds.
kls1003 calls [5300].
lender333 calls [5000].
spaceman1945 folds.
Table #9 Table!.
Exitonly4: hm
seanKGB: big one..



Now i?


Oh and only read i had was the guy that re-raised me.. he was a tool and could have had anything. but he wasn't the one i was concerned about anyway.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

The only thing I can say is that sometimes these rebuy maniacs keep playing the same way after the rebuy period closes. You're pretty short-stacked in a deep stack game, and still too far from the money to be conservative. The first caller of the reraise is the one that worries me. Behind him, AA or KK should've pushed. If I had more chips. I'd fold. In this case, better than 3:1 looks too good to turn down and calling isn't an option, so I guess I grit my teeth and push in.

[Exitonly]

that's what i decided to..

first guy ended up pushing in over top of me.. first called folded, second guy called...

went up against AKo and K10o... tripled up, and now im' in good shape heading into the money.


VS better competition i should fold here though right? like, in $50's and up? or are the odds i'm getting too good to pass up, even against a likely AA/KK.

[betgo]

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VS better competition i should fold here though right? like, in $50's and up? or are the odds i'm getting too good to pass up, even against a likely AA/KK.

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With 15xBB, you generally have to go with QQ.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

VS better competition i should fold here though right?

No. The driving factor is the size of your stack both relative to the total of blinds/antes and relative to the average size. "Harrngton on Hold'em, v.2" addresses this in detail.

In certain situations (not this one), your play should be more conservative against worse opposition. In other words, take fewer chances when you are the best player at the table, take more chances when you're not.

[betgo]

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In certain situations (not this one), your play should be more conservative against worse opposition. In other words, take fewer chances when you are the best player at the table, take more chances when you're not.

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Maybe true in some situations. However, when considering calling allins, you generally want to play looser against weaker competition, because they are less likely to have pushed with big hands. It depends on the situation, but weaker competition usually means looser and wilder play.

[Exitonly]

yes but all-ins preflop, especially with worse comptetion, is going to be 'wilder' as you said, if you're better than them, you should be able to find better spots against them, or atleast all-in preflop on your terms.

[betgo]

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yes but all-ins preflop, especially with worse comptetion, is going to be 'wilder' as you said, if you're better than them, you should be able to find better spots against them, or atleast all-in preflop on your terms.

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Most of these tournaments have a lot of players and no matter how good you are they are hard to win without taking favorable gambles.