davidross
05-08-2004, 10:55 AM
Maybe there is hopeafter all. I won a seat into Sunday's WSOP qualifier last night. !4 seats were up for grabs, and again I was in a bubble positioln for the last 6 tables it seemed. This time I got a couple of breaks when the blinds got large, a free BB is gold at this stage, and then 66 in the SB won against A3 in the BB and I was pretty safe.
2 hands I wanted to ask about, that obviously worked but I'm wondering if they were the right play.
1st hand. 3rd round, blinds are 15/30. I am UTG(1430) with Ah Kc and I make it 90 to go. 1 call from MP(1610) and then the SB(1620) makes it 300 to go. I just re-read TPFAP that afternoon and the part about AK being such a good all-in hand because you will see all 5 cards was fresh in my mind. I don't like just calling here, so my big decision was whether I thought he had AA or KK. I decided he didn't and pushed all-in to put the decision on him. MP folded and SB called and turned over QQ. I hit a K and more than doubled up. Worth the gamble?
Much later, we are down to 4 tables and I'm slightly above average with 10,000 chips. THere have been fewer and fewer flops seen as people are waiting for big hands. I get Ac Jc in EP and with blinds at 400/800 I make it 2400 to go. LP with around 7500 pushes all in. 5K more to me and I fold. I think it's a good fold, I still had 7600 so I don't think I was pot committed. What do you think about my play here? Should this hand be played? (I think I have to try and steal some blinds to stay at my chip position) is 3X the BB still a good size for the bet? Do I have to call his raise here?
2 hands I wanted to ask about, that obviously worked but I'm wondering if they were the right play.
1st hand. 3rd round, blinds are 15/30. I am UTG(1430) with Ah Kc and I make it 90 to go. 1 call from MP(1610) and then the SB(1620) makes it 300 to go. I just re-read TPFAP that afternoon and the part about AK being such a good all-in hand because you will see all 5 cards was fresh in my mind. I don't like just calling here, so my big decision was whether I thought he had AA or KK. I decided he didn't and pushed all-in to put the decision on him. MP folded and SB called and turned over QQ. I hit a K and more than doubled up. Worth the gamble?
Much later, we are down to 4 tables and I'm slightly above average with 10,000 chips. THere have been fewer and fewer flops seen as people are waiting for big hands. I get Ac Jc in EP and with blinds at 400/800 I make it 2400 to go. LP with around 7500 pushes all in. 5K more to me and I fold. I think it's a good fold, I still had 7600 so I don't think I was pot committed. What do you think about my play here? Should this hand be played? (I think I have to try and steal some blinds to stay at my chip position) is 3X the BB still a good size for the bet? Do I have to call his raise here?