$25+2 Stars Turbo - AJo w/ 10BB\'s
 

Is this a push even if villain is likely to call. I'd say his calling range is fairly big and I'm very rarely a big dog. He would call with any pair, any ace, many suited hands, and any two ten or higher

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

CO (t1335)
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t1005)</font>
SB (t310)
BB (t2665)
<font color="#C00000">UTG (t6590)</font>
MP (t1595)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls t100, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ?</font>

Re: $25+2 Stars Turbo - AJo w/ 10BB\'s
 

I like the push. With a deeper stack I'd probably call with position on the flop.

Re: $25+2 Stars Turbo - AJo w/ 10BB\'s
 

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I like the push. With a deeper stack I'd probably call with position on the flop.

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Re: $25+2 Stars Turbo - AJo w/ 10BB\'s
 

Good push against that calling range.

Re: $25+2 Stars Turbo - AJo w/ 10BB\'s
 

I think I'd much rather do this without big stack in the hand. What the heck is he limping with from UTG anyway (shouldn't he be raising pretty much anything he's willing to play).

I think you see a PP here a lot (and get called a lot when you push). Still, looks like it's probably pretty decently +$EV, and it gets moreso the looser UTG will call (I think this is more a function of the fact that you're a pretty distant 4th in EV before the hand, but doubling through here will move you up to a solid 3rd.

Re: $25+2 Stars Turbo - AJo w/ 10BB\'s
 

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I like the push. With a deeper stack I'd probably call with position on the flop.

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Allin, I have no problem going to showdown against a worse hand here, if I lose so be it.

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What the heck is he limping with from UTG anyway (shouldn't he be raising pretty much anything he's willing to play).

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players never do what they "should" do.

Re: $25+2 Stars Turbo - AJo w/ 10BB\'s
 

yeah, I push. AJ is good enough here...and I say this because its the UTG limp from the bigstack and not some medium small stack who would have to (should) have some strength to do this with. Bigstacks at this stage often feel that they need to be involved in everyhand and if you notice this, its good to exploit that. Funny thing, with your amount of chips, I would feel much more comfortable challenging BS than someone with my amount who limped UTG....for sure. I think you have decent FE against biggie's range and good SD value if he does call. Your stack is pretty short as well so you are not risking a hell of alot here.

pooh(sh)