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One-table Stars 105+9 Turbo
Opponent busted short stack on previous hand by minraising with A6o and then calling when BB pushed in for ~200 more chips with 78o. I still have opponent covered but only by ~240 chips (68xx to 66xx).
Opponent posts SB of 400 and then raises to 2400. 3300 in the pot including my BB and the two antes.
Read: Opponent is skilled. Played very tight early and then adjusted appropriately as number of players decreased and blinds rapidly increased. Probably understands HU strategy, but no verification yet (obviously).
I have A9o. Go to war or wait?
Thanks,
Che
Daliman
05-21-2004, 02:46 AM
lotta hands you have beat here, lottle hands yer coin flip at worst, ew hands that dominate or have yo u70/30 or worse
I pushed in. Opponent insta-called with AK and took it down.
I figured that I was ahead of the opponent's range of raising hands, but he was getting better than 2:1 on the call so he had to call unless he was bluffing with 27o or something.
Basically, I was playing for first as a small favorite (most likely), big dog (possible), or he would fold (very unlikely). Normally I wouldn't like it, but what can you do when you're HU and neither of you have more than 9 BB?
Thanks for the reply, Daliman.
Che
Prickly Pete
05-21-2004, 03:38 PM
What is your table image at this point? I know I've been surprised when I see this situation get a fold out of the initial raiser. I think it may happen more than you think and make your reraise that much better.
Thanks for the response, Pete.
This was my first run (and probably my last) at the $105 Turbos and I was really surprised at how tight the early play was. The first player didn't bust until the 40th hand when blinds were 100/200 /images/graemlins/shocked.gif, and the tourney only lasted 82 hands (including the 2 meaningless hands after my A9 hand crippled me HU). When we hit level 7 (200/400/25a), 7 players were still in and only one had more than 5xBB. Needless to say, my opponent (who was to my immediate left) had seen me play a wide range of hands as I struggled to survive the crapshoot. But, I had repeatedly folded my BB to raises even when the (former) big stack was obviously raising far too often to have a real hand every time so to answer your question...
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What is your table image at this point?
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I thought my image (my BB defense image, specifically) was tight enough that he might fold if he didn't have an A, a pair, or two face cards. I thought he could raise with less (Kx and Qx suited, connectors, suited one-gappers, heck - any two would probably do) so I pushed even though I knew I wouldn't get a fold from AT, for example.
I figured it was a good play - just unlucky timing running into AK- but I posted the hand because I wasn't 100% sure pushing was correct.
Thanks again,
Che
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