Should I go in with this?

BamaFan92 · #1 10-20-2004, 03:22 PM

I went to a bar last night to watch the baseball game and when I walk in I see a lot of green felt tables with chips on them! Turns out they were having a freeroll tourney for entry into another tourney. I signed up and this was my first live no-limit tourney.

Anyway, we started with $2000 and blinds at $25 and $50. I got up to about $6000, then lost a good bit with KT against K4 all-in (dude hit 4 on the river). I lost chips little by little and there are about 15 players left (out of 52). I'm playing 4 handed with blinds at $200 and $400 with $1200 left. I'm on the button with K4 suited and go in for my last $1200. If it was not suited I probably would not have gone in.

What do you think? Decent hand to go out on, or wait for 1 more orbit for something better?

Everyone called (crap!). One guy had an A and got another A on the flop. I had a great time.

SossMan · #2 10-20-2004, 03:57 PM

You should only have gone all in if you were the first one in the pot. Otherwise, you should have folded. Being suited matters very little in that situation.

captZEEbo1 · #3 10-20-2004, 04:20 PM

suited looks prettier! It also depends how loose other people are playing. If you have fold equity, it's much better to go allin with. Also in a freeroll, a bb mgiht be more apt to call an allin (thinking he already has 400 in, etc), so it depends how big of a stack he is too. But at that point, you don't have a LOT of time to wait around for AA. Basically, it's can I get a better hand than K4s NEXT deal, b/c once you're bb, you're allin no matter what IMO, depending on the stack sizes of the other guys.

BamaFan92 · #4 10-20-2004, 05:30 PM

I had 1 call in front of me and figured everyone would call the all-in. But I had not seen a pocket pair all night, and any paint looked good. I thought if I didn't go in here, I would be forced to go in while the BB with no telling what I had, although there was 1 more hand before I was the BB.

SossMan · #5 10-20-2004, 05:42 PM

I really need to read these better. I didn't realize that you were 4 handed. I still think I would pass on this one, but it's probably fairly close. If you thought they were all going to call, I would fold. If you thought you could get one or two to fold, then the push is better.