What to do here

minwoo · #1 11-08-2005, 02:13 AM

Party $50 tourney. Already in the money. Need to get to the final table for any significant cash. Blinds are 300/600.

Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: cjsuch (2077)
Seat 2: pufftuff (7500)
Seat 3: hootch729 (21274)
Seat 4: KIDICE24 (10092)
Seat 5: Onarollagay (12638)
Seat 6: elucidate (3990)
Seat 7: rio55 (25693)
Seat 8: cypressheart (7470)
Seat 9: HERO (8415)
Seat 10: Bst71585 (3210)
KIDICE24 posts small blind (300)
Onarollagay posts big blind (600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Qs, Ad ]
elucidate folds.
rio55 raises (2000) to 2000
cypressheart folds.

What should Hero do here? Push, Call or Fold? No reads on the player.

DJ Sensei · #2 11-08-2005, 02:20 AM

Probably push.

You have a decent stack, but obviously would like to double it in size.
AQ is too good to fold here, but you don't really want to face a flop decision for your whole stack if you miss. Get the money in now so you can see all 5 cards, and hope you double up.

#3 11-08-2005, 02:31 AM

push or fold.
that said, i'd push because AQ is decent and you have final table ambitions.

minwoo · #4 11-08-2005, 06:45 PM

How bad is just calling and taking a flop here?

kuro · #5 11-08-2005, 06:57 PM

I don't like calling because, you're investing 25% of your stack trying to flop an Ace or Queen and given that villain is raising from UTG+1 you may not even be ahead when you hit it. The times you flop an Ace and villain has an underpair you likely just pick up the pot and when you don't flop you end up folding to a continuation bet.

So I'd rather push or fold based on the range villain raises here.

jstoc · #6 11-08-2005, 07:00 PM

He has a big stack and decent position, so I'd lean towards coming over the top, although that's very risky with no reads.

#7 11-08-2005, 07:12 PM

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How bad is just calling and taking a flop here?

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Bad... he is going to bet the flop 100% of the time to see where you're at regardless of what the villian flops.

since your only going to hit an A or Q or draw about 40% of the time... you have to push all in.

Remember... it's only a race if you see all five cards. If he has a hand like 99 or 10 10 that he is going to go all the way with.... you need to see all 5 cards.