Late in Stars tourney with AQ....

Darkhorse19 · #1 03-26-2005, 06:33 PM

20$ Pokerstars mtt. There are 25 players left. Blinds are 1500/3000. My stacks 18k and I'm 22/25 Chip leader(whom I've never played with before just moved on my left.) I pick up AQ in the 5th position.

The big stack has 110k and raises it to 9k.. Do I push here with AQ? Remember, I never played with this player before so I don't know if he's speeding or actually has a hand..

If I do move in here its only 9k for him to call into a pot about 30k.. So I know I'm getting a call from the raiser.

Whats my play here? THANKS

MLG · #2 03-26-2005, 06:35 PM

easy push. you need to look to double up here.

Dentist · #3 03-26-2005, 07:13 PM

no question it's a push

davidross · #4 03-26-2005, 07:17 PM

If you had 30K I would say fold and wait, AQ isn't on my re-raising list unless I have a good read on the raiser, but with your stack, you're unlikeyly to get a better chance before you get blinded down to where it won't matter. Push.

MLG · #5 03-26-2005, 07:26 PM

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If you had 30K I would say fold and wait, AQ isn't on my re-raising list unless I have a good read on the raiser,

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David, i think you need to reevaluate this a little bit. I agree for an EP raiser, but I think its a good idea to be routinely pushing over MP raisers when you are around 10-12x with AQ.