PS $53+5 Satelite to $700k. Final 2 tables facing all-in reraise

dealcloser · #1 10-30-2005, 02:33 PM

14 players left, 5 seats awarded.

PokerStars Game #2926652075: Tournament #14114985, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2005/10/29 - 23:43:32 (ET)
Table '14114985 6' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: s8472 (3335 in chips)
Seat 3: ejsejs (3810 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (3240 in chips)
Seat 5: aikiman (16670 in chips)
Seat 7: Villan (3795 in chips)
Seat 8: mayor2 (5320 in chips)
Seat 9: pronk (7155 in chips)
pronk: posts small blind 75
s8472: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Qh Qs]
ejsejs: folds
Hero: raises 450 to 600
aikiman: folds
Villan: raises 3195 to 3795 and is all-in
mayor2: folds
pronk: folds
s8472: folds

What is hero's play and why?

I do not think villan would play a monster hand like that. He showed some strong hands down that he did not push preflop with. I think his reraise was meant to win the pot preflop. I put villan on AK-A10. JJ, 10,10 or 9,9. Do I risk all my chips or wait till final table for a coinflip? Comments are very much appreciated.

#2 10-30-2005, 02:52 PM

The range you puts him on makes this far better than a coinflip. The only hand you don't have a huge advantage over is AK, but you put him on six other hands that you have a large edge over.

Of course, I suspect AA and KK are both also in his range, but I probably still call, since the rest of the hands you put him on are fairly realistic given the situation.

#3 10-30-2005, 03:43 PM

Call very quickly
You don't have enough chips to post into the money and unless he has aa kk or ak your far ahead. You said you didn't think he had aa or kk so he either has ak and your racing or anything else and your way ahead.

paperboyNC · #4 10-30-2005, 03:44 PM

You have to double up at some point to make the money and this may be the best spot you'll find.

Call

Matador225 · #5 10-30-2005, 03:57 PM

Easy call. If you win (and against villain's range your a pretty substantial favorite) you are in good position to finish top 5.

dealcloser · #6 10-31-2005, 12:27 PM

Thanks for the responses thus far. My only concern was risking all of my chips against a big stack. I will post results shortly. More comments are appreciated. Thanks.

z32fanatic · #7 10-31-2005, 02:14 PM

Easy call. On another note, I would make it 400-450 preflop as the 4x open raise seems a little big to me. Would you raise to 600 with AA or KK? I doubt it. Make it 400-450 so you can steal more without varying your raises and it makes it easier to get away from a steal hand (obviously this isn't one of those).

transmitt · #8 10-31-2005, 02:17 PM

can't beat his chips into the pot since its online, but I am already clicking the call area waiting for the icon to appear.