Hand Four $20 UB MTT --- Kings

NYCNative · #1 05-30-2005, 01:11 PM

I got Kings the first hand of the tournament and now they come again...

Hand #6225707-4 at Mon1pmA-004 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
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Started at 30/May/05 13:06:11

Rhonda456 is at seat 0 with 1445.
edwardp is at seat 1 with 1500.
NYCNative is at seat 2 with 1630.
Rupretr is at seat 3 with 1425.
VHM is at seat 4 with 1485.
KingHippo is at seat 5 with 1490.
Love it Live is at seat 6 with 1490.
jaco32 is at seat 7 with 1500.
Covee is at seat 8 with 1535.
TheWood21 is at seat 9 with 1500.
The button is at seat 4.

KingHippo posts the small blind of 5.
Love it Live posts the big blind of 10.

Rhonda456: -- --
edwardp: -- --
NYCNative: Ks Kc
Rupretr: -- --
VHM: -- --
KingHippo: -- --
Love it Live: -- --
jaco32: -- --
Covee: -- --
TheWood21: -- --

Pre-flop:

jaco32 folds. Covee folds. TheWood21 folds.
Rhonda456 calls. edwardp folds. NYCNative raises to
80. Rupretr folds. VHM folds. KingHippo calls.
Love it Live goes all-in for 1490. Rhonda456 goes
all-in for 1445. NYCNative...

Lloyd · #2 05-30-2005, 01:55 PM

I would call. Yes, it's possible you're up against Aces. But early in low buy-in tourneys it's also very possible you're up against AK, QQ, even JJ. I'd look at this as a great opportunity to more than triple up. If I lose, I'd just start up another tourney without wasting a lot of time. If I win, I'm in great position.

woodguy · #3 05-30-2005, 02:16 PM

The short answer is that if you never, ever, ever, ever fold KK preflop you will rarely, if ever be making a mistake.

I cannot get my chips in here fast enough.

Like every other hand decision, you put your opponents on a range of hands and decide if the pot is laying you the right odds.

In this case the pot is laying you ~2:1 and against 2 opponents who hand range I put at #1) AA-88,AK,AQ and #2) AA-QQ,AK you still have 45% pot equity (according to pokerstove) so its a clear call.

My hand ranges are pretty tight, but that was just to prove that even against tight opponents, you have to call here as you are getting the right price.

Regards,
Woodguy