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Melchiades
11-07-2005, 12:43 PM
What do you do in this spot? Whats you plan for the rest of the hand? What do you put MP3 on? Call and try to get it all in on the turn? What if a spade hits?

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Hero (t1390)
UTG (t1555)
UTG+1 (t3340)
MP1 (t1200)
MP2 (t1310)
MP3 (t1390)
CO (t605)
Button (t935)
SB (t1380)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t60</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB calls t50, Hero calls t40.

Flop: (t180) 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t120</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t300</font>, SB folds, Hero calls?
La Brujita
11-07-2005, 12:48 PM
Early in a small tournament I would be all in on the flop after his reraise.
Jurollo
11-07-2005, 01:09 PM
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Early in a small tournament I would be all in on the flop after his reraise.

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Completely agreed.
~Justin
Melchiades
11-07-2005, 01:13 PM
Heh, ok. Guess that makes having a plan for the rest of the hand pretty moot. Thanks.
11-07-2005, 01:13 PM
I just push. It's early so villain could easily be a donk, and it's hard to justify putting him on a range that beats us.

I don't see much of a benefit from calling and pushing the turn as opposed to just pushing now.
Jurollo
11-07-2005, 01:16 PM
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Heh, ok. Guess that makes having a plan for the rest of the hand pretty moot. Thanks.

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You will be against flush draws and KQ or KJ, or even JJ or QQ enough to make this profitable. So... yes push.
DeuceKicker
11-07-2005, 01:17 PM
Is reraising preflop a bad idea?
La Brujita
11-07-2005, 01:20 PM
Reraising preflop is fine as well. I would say you should reraise more often than flat call but should mix it up.
Melchiades
11-07-2005, 01:21 PM
Personally I don't love playing huge pots out of position. If I reraise preflop and get called, a continuation bet will commit me to this hand. Do not love that idea.
DONTUSETHIS
11-07-2005, 01:38 PM
I like reraising preflop more than not. You are out of position with a premium hand. That is why I like to put in a sizeable raise to avoid being in an uncomfortable spot. Do you guys think my thinking is wrong or too aggressive.
11-07-2005, 02:24 PM
I don't like reraising w/ AK out of position because it committs a lot of chips early in the tournament with a hand that misses 2/3 times and you have like 60 big blinds so its not like you have FE this early. Which is why I like calling at this stage. If you miss, so what you lost 50 chips. Now after the flop you have TPTK so I like betting into him as well, his raise could mean a number of things: any king,JQ,set, AA, or a marginal hand like QQ-JJ, medium pairs as well. I reraise this flop. An all-in reraise isn't a bad idea he may put you on a bluff, a draw or he could just be a donk like others said.
11-07-2005, 02:42 PM
I think this is the case where the villain thinks he can bully you because he raised preflop. You probably have him absolutely dominated with the ace.
DONTUSETHIS
11-07-2005, 03:03 PM
Let's say it is the same situation where the villian raises into your big blind and you hold AJ. How do you handle it then. Lets also say that if you call the FLOP is A 10 2. How would you handle this.
11-07-2005, 03:03 PM
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I think this is the case where the villain thinks he can bully you because he raised preflop. You probably have him absolutely dominated with the ace.

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Yea thats what I am thinking too. It's hard to put Melchiades on AK here so you are very likely to be ahead here tons of times. I would push it.