MP1 has not played a lot of hands and the ones that he has shown down have been reasonable.
When I first began playing SNGs, I followed McEvoy/Cloutier's advice and only played AK, AA and KK up front. After reading HOH, I added AQ, JJ and on occassion TT from upfront.
Question # 1: Would you have folded preflop, limped or raised.
Usually, when I bet a healthy amount after the flop and someone like MP1 comes over the top, I fold. After all, he called my preflop raise, and my post flop bet did not stop him either. I would put him on AA,KK,QQ, or TT and let it go.
However, according to HOH, I should not do that. I should check the pot odds, assign a likely hand that he might have, figure the percentages and make my call accordingly.
Therefore, based on his preflop call, I came up with the following hands he might have:
AK (he would probably reraise if he had this hand)
probability: .15
AQ (he might call with this hand)
probability: .15
AA,KK, (he would probably reraise if he had this)
probability .10%
QQ,TT, (he would likely call with these hands)
probability .50
99,88 (he might call with these hands)
probability .10
Pot odds if call: 4.31 to 1
Pot odds if I push and he calls: 3.45 to 1
Doing the math, I should have a 34% chance of winning this hand based on the hands I think MP1 has.
Question # 2: Based on this, would you call, fold, or push after MP1 came over the top?
$10/$1
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed)
converter
SB (t1550)
BB (t1385)
Hero (t1255)
UTG+1 (t2305)
MP1 (t1540)
MP2 (t2855)
CO (t1460)
Button (t1150)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, MP1 calls t150, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, Button calls t150, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>.
Flop: (t525) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t400</font>,
<font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t800</font>,
Button folds
Hero ????
Final Pot: t1725