$11 - JJ, trying not to be such a LAG

[lowsarider]

Im no expert! Just my thought. The simple call of the all in by UTG suggests strength, doesnt it? Seems he wants the call from us.

I suppose he could have anything, thats why it would be so read dependant for me. I just moved up to $11 SNG's from $6(yes I know $6's are a waste but I am ITM over 50% of the time).

If the UTG guy doesnt have AQ or better, Im a little surprised. Hoping for a pair of 7's through 10's, but wouldnt be surprised to see a much better hand.

If the $11's are as bad as the $6's, which is what Im reading, Im gonna be in good shape at the $11's.

All my decisions early in a tourney are based off of my belief that Im gonna finish in the $ WAY over 50% of the time, if I wait for HUGE edges to push.

Still might go all in when it gets to me though! Just not always...

[wiggs73]

You've already said it, so it probably doesn't need to be repeated again.

But flat calling for 1/7 of your stack with ANY hand is really bad. First time action is to you, it's a push or a fold. I'd push this 100% of the time.

[tigerite]

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Im no expert! Just my thought. The simple call of the all in by UTG suggests strength, doesnt it? Seems he wants the call from us.

I suppose he could have anything, thats why it would be so read dependant for me. I just moved up to $11 SNG's from $6(yes I know $6's are a waste but I am ITM over 50% of the time).

If the UTG guy doesnt have AQ or better, Im a little surprised. Hoping for a pair of 7's through 10's, but wouldnt be surprised to see a much better hand.

If the $11's are as bad as the $6's, which is what Im reading, Im gonna be in good shape at the $11's.

All my decisions early in a tourney are based off of my belief that Im gonna finish in the $ WAY over 50% of the time, if I wait for HUGE edges to push.

Still might go all in when it gets to me though! Just not always...

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Oh, and indeed, dear.

[bones]

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All my decisions early in a tourney are based off of my belief that Im gonna finish in the $ WAY over 50% of the time, if I wait for HUGE edges to push

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Im no expert!

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Don't sell yourself short here.

[hyde]

push it, shorty.
You are likely up against a few over cards, with luck they match each other!!

and another game starts in about 11 seconds.

[mosdef]

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TT I'd have to have a good old think.

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Really? I would fold TT every time. I think that there's a pretty significant difference between TT and JJ here. Since players at the $11s like to get all in with any two face cards, there are a lot more hands in that range that include two overs to TT as opposed to JJ. That is, I think JJ plays quite a bit better against the "bad $11s player all-in range" than TT.

[tigerite]

I meant about the original call to the minraise.. not about pushing. I doubt I'd push TT there, unless he was a complete nutter.

[lowsarider]

Because I dont play more than 2 tables at a time ever, and alot of times just one at Party, I think I may be able to get better reads than most.

In this situation, if I have UTG noted as a good player, Im probably folded the PFR a good 60% of the time anyway....unless I think for some reason in this game I might get 2 or 3 others to call along, to spike a J...in which case Im calling a decent % of the time. But that is a small %(that I think that many callers behind are calling the raise also), so mostly Im pushing or folding.

If I have him noted as a LAG, Im pushing most of the time. All them time? Cant say that, and maybe thats a leak on my part...

Pushing because I think if SB has unpaired broadways, and UTG does too, I'm much better than a coin flip against UTG..

[tigerite]

YOU CANNOT FINISH EVEN CLOSE TO 50% ITM OVER THE LONG TERM AT ANY LEVEL OF SNG, IT IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

[lowsarider]

Go look up leftyutah89 at Pokerprophesy (which I dont use, just went to look up my stats)

Keep in mind I play most of my tourneys on a different site. Wont tell you my % on that site, you wouldnt believe me anyway...