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Making stand on the Bubble with A9
Hi All,
I made a stand against a very aggressive big stack when the big stack could bust me. I could likely coast into 3rd in this situation or try to double up and go for 1st place. I decided to take a big risk and call the all in. BTW this is a $215 PP SNG and some of the players left are 2+2. Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (4 handed) converter Hero (t1760) UTG (t520) Button (t1510) SB (t6210) Preflop: Hero is BB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB calls [t6210] t200, Hero calls [t1760] t400. Flop: (t600) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> Turn: (t600) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> River: (t600) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> Final Pot: t600 Thanks ahead for any comments. Pitcher |
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Re: Making stand on the Bubble with A9
Hi Pitcher
Everyone seems to be on brave pills at the moment. Can I have some? BK |
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Re: Making stand on the Bubble with A9
No matter which way you look at it, this is still very -$EV. UTG loses his stack in the next couple hands. Even if he doubles you're in decent shape. The math says this is only profitable with 99+ against a biggie pushing any two (which I'll bet good money that he's doing exactly that).
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Re: Making stand on the Bubble with A9
You just made a horrible play. There are tons of post regarding optimal bubble play. Search for them and youll find the answer.
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Re: Making stand on the Bubble with A9
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You just made a horrible play. There are tons of post regarding optimal bubble play. Search for them and youll find the answer [/ QUOTE ] IIRC Pitcher has been playing the $215s since this forum began. I think he probably knows quite a lot about optimal bubble play. |
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Re: Making stand on the Bubble with A9
Just because hes played the $215s for a long time doesnt mean hes a perfect player. If Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu, or Gigabet made this play, its still horrible.
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Re: Making stand on the Bubble with A9
I dont like it. Even if you double up, you are still in 2nd place. Given that you figure to be at best a 2:1 fav, your risks outweigh the rewards. There may be a way that i could like calling here, but i dont feel like going into it now.
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Re: Making stand on the Bubble with A9
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the replies. This call was clearly incorrect. A little analysis explains it. I don't know if I like the word [ QUOTE ] horrible [/ QUOTE ] but it isn't good. Let's take a look at the hand. I believed that DasLeben was right in saying the villian would push with any two cards. A little analysis by PokerStove shows that Ah8h vs. a random hand is a 62% favorite or just over 3:2. So 38% of the time I lose and am out of the tournament. I believe I would make the $ over 90% of the time if I fold here, so clearly this isn't too good. If I double up, I am still behind the chip leader and not in dominant position, although I do distance myself from the two smaller stacks. Now what about the bigger picture. I play with a couple of these players fairly often. Is it correct to make a bad play to show them that you can't be pushed around? Frankly, I doubt it, because they are very likely to know it is simply a bad play and will not change their behavior (in fact, it will likely make them play more aggressively in those situations hoping I will make a -ev play) Bottom line here is that I was tired of getting pushed around, lost discipline, and made a poor decision. Winning is about having the discipline to make the best play all the time. These breakdowns differentiate the big winners from the losers. Don't forget this like I did. Regards, Pitcher |
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Re: Making stand on the Bubble with A9
Today i made a call with K4 against a big stack that was pushing ALOT. I figured King high would be ahead of his range. About 15 seconds after busting out i realized how utterly retarded my call was. This is ofcourse not THAT bad, but still too loose a call.
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