SnG hand quiz

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10. Easiest hand by far. Fold.


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Why is this so easy to fold? You're getting about 4.5 to 1 to call and you're still left with a manageable stack if the flop misses.

Another poster said the implied odds suck here. I disagree. If you hit a straight, there could be one set who can't wait to get his chips in the middle and one overpair who feels the same way. Could you fold a set of fours if the flop came 456?

[rachelwxm]

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Without and reads and having no experience at the 50s here are my answers:

1. Fold
2. ?? - In a later position I push. Not sure what I would do with so many to act after me. Im leaning towards folding.
3. Fold
4. Fold
5. Fold
6. Fold
7. Your behind a loose raiser here. But its close. I fold and pick a better spot.
8. Fold
9. Fold
10. Fold preflop and fold to raise

That 10 folds for me.

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LOL [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] I don't know you are that weak tight??

[Daliman]

1. Fold
2. 70/30 Fold/push. Roll a die; if it's 1 or 2, push.
3. Call
4. Calling is OK here, but not great. Prepare to fold if A,K,or Q flops. Folding best option though, stay out of trouble early. 5x open raise often either a protecting large raise for Aq-AK or maybe 88-JJ that doesn't want to see overs.
5. Raise to 400. Fold to an allin PF, bet 300 or at almost any flop.
6. Push. There is some fold equity here, and a race is not terrible here. Stop and go as a weaker option, I think.
7. Fold. There are better spots.
8. Fold. Button has made a "Call me" raise to MP, with little concern for other's hand. Stay out of the way. You will be behind enough here for this not to be profitable.
9. Very close. I'd usually fold here, but with zero player info, at this stage, it is too forceful a raise to put him on a desperation push. 1275 for 625 plenty tempting though, and very right versus some players.
10. Fold. VEry easy.

[rachelwxm]

I am pushing 5 and 6 and fold the rest. Don't know about last one since I am not limping to start with.

I think these are good cases and want to hear other's details opinions. Some of those involved isolation/ 3 way all ins I found really interesting like 3 and 8.

[El Maximo]

Lol. Im running bad lately. I think this has influenced my decisions.

[UMTerp]

I have the same answers as Awesomeo, and I'm kinda of disheartened that I disagree with Daliman on so many.

I lot of these are very close though, and I can see the reasoning behind answering one way or the other.

I'm surprised you're calling #3 here - I don't think that's particularly close, though I could be wrong.

I thought #10 was the most clear-cut as well.

1. Call
2. Push
3. Fold
4. Fold
5. Bet ~500
6. Push
7. Call
8. Fold
9. Call and suck out
10. Fold

[CountDuckula]

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Hand 1
Blinds 100/200 6 left.
UTG (500) pushes, then CO pushes (1200).
You have 99 in the BB and about 2300 after posting.


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Fold. That 2300 (11xBB) is your ticket to the next level and 2 to 3 more busted players.


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But isn't that exactly what he'd be going for right here? If he wins, two players bust out, leaving only 4 at the table with BB sitting at T4000. If he loses to CO, he still has T1100, and only has to post T100 for the next blind (he's just paid the BB for this orbit), so he still has a couple of orbits to try to recover. If he beats CO but loses to BB, the chips he wins from CO and the fact that CO is gone more than compensates for losing T500 to the BB. Isn't there a good chance that 99 is the best hand PF in a short-handed situation like this?

I'm not saying the folks who say "fold" are wrong; I just don't understand the reasoning in this situation. If someone else who has both of them covered calls, I probably would fold, but since I'm last to act and can't be raised, I'd call in that scenario; figuring "no guts, no glory". If I'm wrong, I'd like to understand why. What is the minimum you'd need to try and bust out two players here, knowing that in the worst case, you're still in it with time to come back?

-Mike

[rachelwxm]

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Hand 1
Blinds 100/200 6 left.
UTG (500) pushes, then CO pushes (1200).
You have 99 in the BB and about 2300 after posting.


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Wow, you all fold this? Pls explain why, as i think this is a call:

1. UTG is about to get blinded down to 200. He could have virtually anything.

2. CO will therefore play a lot of hands here. Pairs lower than 9s and AK/Q/J I think.

3. If I beat both I am the big stack and very well placed as we are bubbling.

4. Losing to UTG but beating CO is obviously no problem.

5. Losing to CO is bad, but I still have a playable stack.

So worth the gamble I think, but clearly you all disagree [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Now after I think about this, I think it's probably a call. UTG could have anything like K5s, so you have him dominated. As far as CO, I put him on 66-QQ, AT+, KJ+. So it's probably a call since UTG's dead money give you enough overlay and the possibility of becoming big stack. Losing here, you still have enough FE. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[daboze]

1) fold
2) call
3) fold
4) fold
5) push
6) fold
7) call
8) push (???)
9) fold
10) fold

to me none of these seemed very close.
it'll be interesting now to read what everyone else thinks.

[hansarnic]

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Without and reads and having no experience at the 50s here are my answers:

10. Fold preflop and fold to raise

That 10 folds for me.

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Why not limp Maximo?