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Was this reasonable to do?
Some background info :
I play every evening in the PP 5$ buy in tournament. Lots of players (1500-2500) and i like the challenge. I play always very tight and normally finish just in or just out of the money. I wanted to try a different playing style and play much more agressive in the start of the tournament. Just to see if i can build a big stack early that would carry me to the final table(where the real money is). The first hand in the first tournament where i promised myself to loosen up this happens : I'm on the button and get dealed AK suited. Early player raises 100, everyone in front of me folds. I make it 200 to go (seems loose enough compared to how i normally play !). Everyone else folds and the original raiser goes all-in. I called and lost to KK. My decision to call was based on the following reasoning : 1. With his all-in its reasonable to put him on KK or AA. --> Bad to very bad odds for me. 2. This early in a tournament everything is possible. People raise with middle pairs all the time in these tournaments. His hand could therefore also be QQ-66 or AK-AJ --> Reasonable odds for me. 3. If i loose now, no real harm done. I will loose 5$ (no big deal for me). I prefer to go out on the first hand than after 2 hours of playing and just out of the money. 4. If I win this hand i'm in a good shape to keep following the agressive style i wanted to use this tournament. People see i do raise with good cards and i'm not scared out of the pot by an all-in. 4. If I fold now, i loose 20% of my starting chips. Nothing lethal, but my table image will be broken beyond repair. Everyone will think i tried to buy the pot and folded to a reraise of someone who did have good cards. It will take a long time before I can start to be agressive again on this table. My question is : Was this decision to call reasonable and was my reasoning that made me call correct ? |
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