Turbo 5 table SnG hand

[mrh86]

This is a hand from one of the 'Stars 5 table turbo SnGs. We are down to 10 people from 45, and I'm playing at a 5-handed table as the chip leader. Usually I'd throw this hand away, but with the rapidly increasing blinds and the fact that I'm playing 5-handed, I decided to make a move. Should I have folded instead?

PokerStars Game #2646815627: Tournament #12943448, Hold'em No Limit -
Level IX (300/600) - 2005/09/24 - 00:14:14 (ET)
Table '12943448 3' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: mrh86 (11255 in chips)
Seat 4: PIDGYMOTO (4180 in chips)
Seat 6: Jake6666 (1695 in chips)
Seat 7: jaxpunx (5915 in chips)
Seat 8: silverfox333 (5575 in chips)
mrh86: posts the ante 50
PIDGYMOTO: posts the ante 50
Jake6666: posts the ante 50
jaxpunx: posts the ante 50
silverfox333: posts the ante 50
jaxpunx: posts small blind 300
silverfox333: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mrh86 [Ac Jc]
mrh86: raises 1200 to 1800
PIDGYMOTO: folds
Jake6666: folds
jaxpunx: raises 4065 to 5865 and is all-in
silverfox333: folds
mrh86: calls 4065
*** FLOP *** [Qh Ks 2h]
*** TURN *** [Qh Ks 2h] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Ks 2h 3d] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
In white below:
<font color="white">jaxpunx: shows [As Kh] (a pair of Kings)
mrh86: shows [Ac Jc] (high card Ace)
jaxpunx collected 12580 from pot
</font>

I like the initial raise to 1800, but calling the all in was not a good idea, simply because of his stack size. If you lose this hand, you lose your dominant position at the table, i.e. large stacked. If he's got 2.5k or less, I'd say gamble in that spot, but he had too much, IMO.

BTW, you'll get better answers if you don't post the results in your OP, until you've received enough replies. Just a thought.

[Exitonly]

w/ that preflop raise, yea you gotta call his push...

but i think if you raise to 150 preflop (2.5 BB's) you could find a fold easier..differencee between 2.2:1 odds and 1.9:1 odds. Your equity vs his range = 35%.. so a call is good either way.. but if you want to feel better about folding, then raise less preflop..


Once the blinds get to 200/400, 2.5 BB's becomes my standard... if they'll fold to 1200 they'll fold to 1000. It helps to keep the pots a bit smaller.

[betgo]

You played it fine. You absolutely had to call the push. Even if you had miniraised, you would be pretty pot committed and I would not fold a hand this strong 6-handed.

No one else has more than 10xBB, so I would just open push with AJs 6-handed. That's my style, but it may not be the best way to use the big stack.

I don't agree with the other posters looking for a way to get away from this hand. Villain could push with a lot of hands that don't dominate yours.

[MrBrightside]

agree exit. I see people fold to min raises (2x) in late rounds, so I usually do the same (2.5). Actually I'll usually go 4 or 5x in the first and second rounds, then scale back to 2.5 for the later rounds. Unlike some other people, I really don't vary the amount of preflop raise. I either raise my standard amount, or limp (occasionally)

[betgo]

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agree exit. I see people fold to min raises (2x) in late rounds, so I usually do the same (2.5). Actually I'll usually go 4 or 5x in the first and second rounds, then scale back to 2.5 for the later rounds. Unlike some other people, I really don't vary the amount of preflop raise. I either raise my standard amount, or limp (occasionally)

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If I was going to make a lot of loose raises with a big stack, I would just miniraise rather than raise 2.5xBB, so you have a chance to get away from them.

When no one has 10xBB, I usually take a more straightforward approach and just push when I have a decent hand for my position. This approach has some advantage in that people know that they can't resteal and that you don't have junk.