100+20 a few live sng hands

#1 10-31-2005, 05:57 PM

These were live SNGs so I do not have and hand histories.
These are a few hands my friends and I have had arguements over the correct play.

Top three get paid: 450, 300, 200.
Sorry about that.

Starting stack is T1500
Blinds are 25-50
Hero is in seat 1 and posts SB
Seat 2 posts BB
Ten players remaining
Cards delt to hero [Ah Qc]
Seat 3 (T1500): folds
Seat 4 (T1500): folds
Seat 5 (T1500): folds
Seat 6 (T1500): folds
Seat 7 (T1500): folds
Seat 8 (T1500): folds
Seat 9 (T1500): folds
Seat 10 (T1500): calls 50
Hero (T1500): ?
Seat 2 (T1500): yet to act

Starting stack is T1500
Blinds are 400-800
Hero is in seat 7 and posts BB
Seat 6 posts SB
Five players remaining
Cards delt to hero [4s 4d]
Seat 3 (T2600): folds
Seat 4 (T2400): is all in for 2400
Seat 5 (T2800): folds
Seat 6 (3600): folds
Hero (T3600): ?

Starting stack is T1500
Blinds are 300-600
Seat 10 posts SB
Seat 1 posts BB
Hero is UTG
Four players remaining
Cards delt to hero [Kd 5h]
Hero (T2000): ?
Seat 4 (T1500): yet to act
Seat 10 (T10000): yet to act
Seat 1(T1500): yet to act

Starting stack is T1500
Blinds are 300-600
Seat 1 posts SB
Hero is in seat 3 and posts BB
Five players remaining
Cards delt to hero [7s 6d]
Seat 4 (T2000): folds
Seat 8 (T1400): is all in for 1400
Seat 10 (T7000): folds
Seat 1 (1600): folds
Hero (T3000): ?

I will post the actual the plays and flops for futher discussion afterwards.
Thanks.

handsome · #2 10-31-2005, 06:01 PM

1. Complete.
2. Fold at a tight table, call otherwise (assuming top 3 get paid).
3. Fold. You need a stronger hand to push.
4. Call. Too many chips in the middle.

splashpot · #3 10-31-2005, 06:02 PM

I assume the payout structure is the same as Party? If so this is what I would do.

1. Raise to 200
2. Fold
3. Fold
4. Fold

#4 10-31-2005, 06:04 PM

You call the last but not the second? In both you are roughly getting two to one.
How many chips do you need to have to call the second?
Do you call with any two in the fourth hand or only with suited, connected, or high cards?

Pocket77s · #5 10-31-2005, 06:17 PM

1. Raise to 200.

2. Fold, if you call and loose you are severly crippled and two out of the money.

3. Raise, you're short and you have the blinds next.

4. Fold.

mlagoo · #6 10-31-2005, 06:23 PM

1. complete (dont want to build a big pot OOP with AQ).
2. fold (despite good odds, you are crippled (<2xBB) if you lose this, so its a fold on the almost-bubble).
3. push (you have king high and you are about to be demolished by the blinds. this is the last hand that you have fold equity. definite push).
4. fold. same as in #2, a call cripples you if you lose, despite having favorable odds. the difference between having 2400 and 1600 chips at this table is considerable. i think this one is close though.

handsome · #7 10-31-2005, 06:26 PM

Yea. I made a big mistake of not mentioning the importance of stack sizes.

In the second hand, I argued that you should fold at a tighter table (where the range of pushing/calling hands is much smaller) for two reasons:
1. There is a much higher likelihood of your 44 being crushed.
2. You'd have T2800 by folding and still have a good amount of fold equity.
However, at a loose table, where the range of pushing hands is wider, a call is fine with about 2:1 (3600:1600).

The fourth hand, there's 2300 in the middle and you need to call 800, roughly 3:1 odds, not 2:1.

#8 10-31-2005, 06:39 PM

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Starting stack is T1500
Blinds are 300-600
Seat 1 posts SB
Hero is in seat 3 and posts BB
Five players remaining
Cards delt to hero [7s 6d]
Seat 4 (T2000): folds
Seat 8 (T1400): is all in for 1400
Seat 10 (T7000): folds
Seat 1 (1600): folds
Hero (T3000): ?

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Blinds are actually 200-400 in this one.
Seat 8 had T1300 as well.
Sorry about that.