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AK hand with all in reraise back
This guy had raised 3bb with 97s so I was not too concerned with his raise, so I just doubled it. I still had plenty of chips if I lay this down, but he could be on stonecold bluff as well.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font> Hero (t1915) MP3 (t2520) CO (t2755) Button (t2895) SB (t1740) BB (t2570) UTG (t6870) UTG+1 (t3335) MP1 (t2985) Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t200</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t6870</font>, Hero ? |
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Re: AK hand with all in reraise back
Don't minraise. Make it more like 800 to go so you know it will be 3 handed at most.
I can't see myself not calling this, especially given your read of him. I think I'd probably call without a read too, especially if I had raised 800 I'd be pretty much committed. |
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Re: AK hand with all in reraise back
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Don't minraise. Make it more like 800 to go so you know it will be 3 handed at most. [/ QUOTE ] I also think the re-raise is too small. A Raise of 2x the initial raise gives of the impression that you typically play limit....don't fell confortable putting all your chips on the line? I'm not saying that is you.. Thus the reason he pushed....Didn't think you could call. Anyone agree with the limit connection? |
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Re: AK hand with all in reraise back
I personally never thought of it that way, but I suppose it's possible.
My recommendation is primarily concerned with making sure you isolate UTG and rep a strong hand. Generally, until very late stages (ITM) min raising is just bad, it's a weak thing to do. You want to build a pot and see a flop against UTG, not get lots of callers or 1 caller for a small pot (both bad). |
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Re: AK hand with all in reraise back
you may have something there as far as what he thought, but I was thinking that is a 4BB reraise to 8BB. That would seem to be enough.
I think that the other thing that has to be remembered here is AK is a great hand suited even better, BUT it is not unbeatable and it is not the best hand PF all the time. I believe that there are far too many people out there that think I have to play AK for all my chips, and at times this is absolutely correct, like when your stack size in relationship to blinds is very small, or you want to isolate a short stack to play heads up. But it is possible that this person did wake up with AA, KK or any other pair, in which case you are behind, albeit you might be just a small dog to a very large dog, is there really a need to push your chips here in this situation with your remaining stack size? |
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Re: AK hand with all in reraise back
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But it is possible that this person did wake up with AA, KK or any other pair, in which case you are behind, albeit you might be just a small dog to a very large dog, is there really a need to push your chips here in this situation with your remaining stack size? [/ QUOTE ] If you fold, you'll be short stack at the table. This is exactly the position you're happy to take a shot against. You're getting much better than even money at a hand that is most likely no worse than a coinflip. There is probably a better chance you are dominating than dominated by AA or KK. Would you rather fold, be short stack, the blinds go up and two rounds later you're forced to push with 88 or AJ just to double through to what you had before you raised this hand? |
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Re: AK hand with all in reraise back
A stack of 1500 with blinds at 50 is hardly a shortstack. That leaves me with 30BBs, plenty of stack to be successful.
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Re: AK hand with all in reraise back
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you may have something there as far as what he thought, but I was thinking that is a 4BB reraise to 8BB. That would seem to be enough. [/ QUOTE ] Enough for what? What is the purpose of your reraise? Just to tell him you have a hand for as cheaply as you can? To isolate him? Do you have an idea of what to do when you are reraised? You need to know these things. [ QUOTE ] I think that the other thing that has to be remembered here is AK is a great hand suited even better, BUT it is not unbeatable and it is not the best hand PF all the time. I believe that there are far too many people out there that think I have to play AK for all my chips, and at times this is absolutely correct, like when your stack size in relationship to blinds is very small, or you want to isolate a short stack to play heads up. But it is possible that this person did wake up with AA, KK or any other pair, in which case you are behind, albeit you might be just a small dog to a very large dog, is there really a need to push your chips here in this situation with your remaining stack size? [/ QUOTE ] This contradicts everything you said about not being worried about his raise the first time. Are you or aren't you? Against a guy with that huge stack this early, who may have a propensity to bully, I'm making a bigger raise to isolate and-or get all in with him. The UTG part is a little scary. Was he using his chipstack effectively to bully? Did he need a real hand to raise from up front? Again, you need to know these things. Otherwise, just about any raise or reraise will look like the bogeyman. If you don't know, you'll find a reason to be afraid. I call, but I also raise more PF, possibly even pushing. |
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Re: AK hand with all in reraise back
This early in the tournament, I call. Judging from his chip stack and the low level he has either caught a good run of cards or is bullying. Most likely the later. So call and cros your fingers.
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Re: AK hand with all in reraise back
thank you
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