4-handed pre-flop push fest

Lafortezza · #1 10-13-2005, 12:04 AM

PokerStars Pot-Limit Omaha High, $0.50 BB (9 handed) converter

Button ($13.15)
SB ($12.50)
Hero ($64.50)
UTG ($14.35)
UTG+1 ($33)
MP1 ($54.70)
MP2 ($49.05)
MP3 ($41.15)
CO ($18.75)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 raises to $2.25, MP1 calls $2.25, 1 fold, MP3 calls $2.25, CO calls $2.25, 1 fold, SB raises to $12.5, Hero calls $12, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 raises to $54.7, MP3 folds, CO calls $16.50 (All-In),

Hero calls $42.20.

Obviously results are unimportant, I'm just wondering how good/bad my preflop call was. If I held a hand like 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] my chips would be in the middle like a shot since alot of lower limit players overvalue a hand full of paint.

Even though T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] is a nice premium hand should I fold in this spot, given that AAxx is definitely somewhere out there and my whole hand is likely to be dominated/counterfeited.

BluffTHIS! · #2 10-13-2005, 12:55 AM

If you are going to call that last raise then you might as well push given your stack size so that you can see all 5 board cards. I would rather have the 2nd hypothetical hand you mentioned in this situation though since the possibilities of making a broadway straight are lessened by another player holding aces. Nonetheless your hand is still a strong hand, though not usually for that percentage of your stack, especially given the fact that a 3rd player here will often have KK.

#3 10-13-2005, 05:05 AM

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If I held a hand like 5678 my chips would be in the middle like a shot since alot of lower limit players overvalue a hand full of paint.

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Like the one you had in this hand? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

FRC

Lafortezza · #4 10-13-2005, 09:57 AM

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Like the one you had in this hand? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

FRC

[/ QUOTE ]Yeah exactly [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I think I got blinded by the fact "I have a big hand", without thinking that it could be boned by the other players hands.

dibbs · #5 10-14-2005, 10:06 AM

I like 5678ss or ds in this spot, Id go into the situation well aware that its a gamble though.