Wimping out on level 1?

[dfscott]

I don't know what I was thinking here -- I just didn't want to get mixed up in a pot this early, I guess. In any case, this felt really weak, but MP1's cold call worried me. This is a 10+1.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (8 handed) converter

Hero (t785)
SB (t800)
BB (t1720)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t405)
MP1 (t1195)
MP2 (t1590)
CO (t705)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t100</font>, MP1 calls t100, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls t100, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: (t325) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets t175</font>, Hero folds, UTG+1 calls t175.

Turn: (t675) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets t150</font>, UTG+1 folds.

Anyone got a better line here?

[spentrent]

Re-raise all-in pre-flop and bask in the satisfaction of being called by AQ and AJ.

[ChrisV]

You should not flat call here. Decide whether to fold or reraise allin. Allin is right at this level IMO.

Edit: To explain further, you can't call because the raise is too large a percentage of your stack.

[spentrent]

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You should not flat call here. Decide whether to fold or reraise allin. Allin is right at this level IMO.

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How would you play this hand in Level 1 of a $215? Does a push so obviously indicate AK that one of the earlier actors would be willing to take a small edge with 22-QQ?

In your experience, is the concentration of skilled players high enough to make it correct to exploit any edge ASAP? So how often are you pushing/folding?

[dfscott]

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You should not flat call here. Decide whether to fold or reraise allin. Allin is right at this level IMO.

Edit: To explain further, you can't call because the raise is too large a percentage of your stack.

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This is because of the 5/10 rule, right? IIRC, it says, "you can call a bet that's less than 5% of your stack, but you can't call a bet that's more than 10% of your stack. Between 5 and 10 is the gray area."

Since this is 100/785 = 12.7%, I gotta either raise or fold, right? If so, is raising the pot here correct (~t200) or should I bet more with 2 callers? (Of course, if I'm betting much more than t200, with my stack size I'm probably going all in.)