Iconoclastic
09-18-2005, 11:50 PM
Real life situation:
------HAND 5------
Game #897061104: Texas Hold'em No Limit (300/600) - 2005/09/14 - 23:29:30 (ET)
Table "Tourney 1081141 - 1" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 4: urnam0 (4975 in chips) <------- Me
Seat 5: GFlem (17600 in chips)
Seat 6: PilotEddi (16213 in chips)
Seat 8: captwes (9625 in chips)
Seat 9: Madmax010 (11877 in chips)
captwes: posts the ante 75
Madmax010: posts the ante 75
urnam0: posts the ante 75
GFlem: posts the ante 75
PilotEddi: posts the ante 75
captwes: posts small blind 300
Madmax010: posts big blind 600
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to urnam0 [4h Jh]...
Theoretical situation:
You are a short stack just before the money (antes in effect) in a low buyin 64 person tourney. Your table is down to 5 players, and your M is very small- about 4- so you will get less than 20 hands before you blind out completely. Every other player at your table is Loose Aggressive, pushing and calling all ins from substantial stacks with the likes of 84s, 55, and K7o. Folding Equity is almost nonexistent.
The topic of this thread is: Do you keep folding your rags, while being blinded off so quickly where soon even if you double up you'll be back where you started but with even higher blinds and even less FE, or do you Push with your rags knowing your opponents will call with around 30% of their hands, which at a 5 player table pretty much guarantees a call with you as a 60-40 or worse underdog?
------HAND 5------
Game #897061104: Texas Hold'em No Limit (300/600) - 2005/09/14 - 23:29:30 (ET)
Table "Tourney 1081141 - 1" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 4: urnam0 (4975 in chips) <------- Me
Seat 5: GFlem (17600 in chips)
Seat 6: PilotEddi (16213 in chips)
Seat 8: captwes (9625 in chips)
Seat 9: Madmax010 (11877 in chips)
captwes: posts the ante 75
Madmax010: posts the ante 75
urnam0: posts the ante 75
GFlem: posts the ante 75
PilotEddi: posts the ante 75
captwes: posts small blind 300
Madmax010: posts big blind 600
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to urnam0 [4h Jh]...
Theoretical situation:
You are a short stack just before the money (antes in effect) in a low buyin 64 person tourney. Your table is down to 5 players, and your M is very small- about 4- so you will get less than 20 hands before you blind out completely. Every other player at your table is Loose Aggressive, pushing and calling all ins from substantial stacks with the likes of 84s, 55, and K7o. Folding Equity is almost nonexistent.
The topic of this thread is: Do you keep folding your rags, while being blinded off so quickly where soon even if you double up you'll be back where you started but with even higher blinds and even less FE, or do you Push with your rags knowing your opponents will call with around 30% of their hands, which at a 5 player table pretty much guarantees a call with you as a 60-40 or worse underdog?