Fish story: sherrif syndrome

[betgo]

Party Poker $10 SNG, round 1. I call a raise to 45 in late position with Ah2h. Flop comes QhQc6h. A bet of 30 and a call to me. I push. Get called by 74o. Win the hand with pair of queens ace kicker.

I don't know if this guy was drunk, didn't know how to play, or misclicked. What was he doing calling a preflop raise with 74o.

I assume this is sherrif syndrom. It was pretty unlikely I would make this move with a Q, so he would catch my bluff. Problem is he couldn't beat a bluff.

[tigerite]

What were you doing calling a raise with A2s?

[betgo]

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What were you doing calling a raise with A2s?

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I am trying to make a flush or something. I am getting atleast 3-way action, deep money, and position. This is a $10 SNG. The play can get pretty loose, and I have a good chance of getting payed off well if I hit. Why would you consider folding A2s in this situation?

[ChrisV]

Well, because you're calling for 1/16th of your stack. If you make or call a pot size bet on the flop, you'll be in for a quarter of your stack. That isn't really my definition of deep money.

More to the point, most of the time you don't flop a flush or two pair. Instead you flop horrible stuff like QQx with a flush draw. You can then either sit there bleeding chips by calling, in which case when the flush hits it'll be blatantly obvious what you have, or you can use your kamikaze option of raising heaps and praying they don't turn out to be slowplaying a Q.

[tigerite]

- and because it's crap.

[AA suited]

whats the sherriff syndrome?

[The once and future king]

Are you taking the piss?

Why would anyone call a raise with A2s.

[betgo]

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Why would anyone call a raise with A2s.

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There are a lot of factors in my favor.

1. Size of raise. This raise is not too big. A miniraise would be even better.

2. Level. This is level 1.

3. Other callers. There is already another caller. It would be better if there were even more callers.

4. Buyin. This is $10. $5 would be even better. The other players may have just as bad hands. They may give a lot of action if I hit. I may be able to generally outplay them on later streets.

5. Position. I am in the CO. The button would be even better. There is less chance of a preflop reraise. I will have position to fire at the pot with a flush draw or know how much I am calling to see the next card. If an ace hits and it is checked to me, I may be able to pick up the pot with the best hand. Since I have a hand that will frequently completely miss, having position will help me steal the pot in some cases.

[zephyr]

Sorry, they're right here. Playing A2s for a raise is a big leak. You can either listen to a lot of experienced players or dismiss their advice.

I don't like your flop play either. You can call getting 6.5:1 from the pot. If you hit your flush you'll still get action if someone is holding a Q, and sometimes even if they're not. You're a big dog to a queen here which is a reasonable holding for either of your opponents.

I'd take one off, and use my positional advantage on the turn.

Only my opinion,

Zephyr

[betgo]

I also want to emphasize that I am calling with a speulative hand, as I would in this situation with a suited connector. I would never call in this situation with ATo or KQo.