Rebuy Play - Whatcha Gonna Do?

Chief911 · #1 06-22-2005, 04:41 PM

Final table of the rebuy yesterday. I was VERY low on chips. Whats your play here?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30000 (7 handed) converter

saw flop|saw showdown

MP1 (t211496)
MP2 (t1225110)
CO (t453135)
Button (t563825)
SB (t517944)
Hero (t156420)
UTG (t573070)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
4 folds, Button raises to t90000, 1 fold, Hero ...

burgi · #2 06-22-2005, 04:46 PM

I would Push and Pray!

You are so low on chips that you don't really have a choice, in my opinion. If you lose the hand, you're out, but that would happen pretty soon anyway, if you just fold this hand.
If you win the hand, you bought yourself some more time to not bust, and maybe get a good hand to potentially double up again and be right in it again.

But, I'm still new to MTT's, so take it with a grain of salt.

IHateKeithSmart · #3 06-22-2005, 04:48 PM

I think you can pretty safely push here and be a favorite. Button's range is probably larger than yours at this point, and you're just barely hanging on. Has 3x been the standard raise thus far?

PS - Is that limecat?

schwza · #4 06-22-2005, 04:50 PM

i think that's a pretty easy push.

Pat Southern · #5 06-22-2005, 04:51 PM

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i think that's a pretty easy push.

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Although you'll have little FE with a stop and go, its better than no FE by pushing preflop. Unless the raiser has been extremely tight/passive then I think sng>push>fold

schwza · #6 06-22-2005, 04:55 PM

damn, i never even think about a sNgo.

but now that i do, i'm not sure i like it. one of the most common times for him to fold is when the board looks like AQ2 and he has 75. then we don't want him to fold. i don't think he ever folds to a non-A-high flop.

Pat Southern · #7 06-22-2005, 04:59 PM

getting him to fold anything, whether its on the flop or not is waayyyy better than him calling.

schwza · #8 06-22-2005, 05:08 PM

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getting him to fold anything, whether its on the flop or not is waayyyy better than him calling.

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if the flop is AQ2 and villain folds T8, that's very bad for us. it's worth taking the extra 1% (of whatever) chance of busting for a lot of extra chips.

durron597 · #9 06-22-2005, 04:59 PM

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damn, i never even think about a sNgo.

but now that i do, i'm not sure i like it. one of the most common times for him to fold is when the board looks like AQ2 and he has 75. then we don't want him to fold. i don't think he ever folds to a non-A-high flop.

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This is why Greg (Fossilman) usually says that the best hand for a stop n' go is like 66.

woodguy · #10 06-22-2005, 05:02 PM

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but now that i do, i'm not sure i like it. one of the most common times for him to fold is when the board looks like AQ2 and he has 75. then we don't want him to fold. i don't think he ever folds to a non-A-high flop

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agreed.

If were ahead I want all in now.

I hate mediums A's but it's a button raise and we only have 5BB's.

I don't smile while I slide the bar over, but I push too.

Regards,
Woodguy