($27) Hand vs. bawcerelli

[durron597]

He pushed my SB last orbit, too.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

SB (t1405)
Hero (t2455)
UTG (t900)
MP (t5000)
CO (t1355)
Button (t2385)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t1405</font>, Hero ???

[tigerite]

You know you should call. Just don't hate him too much when his Q4o sucks out on the river. Oh sorry, that was against me yesterday and not bawcarelli.

[jeffraider]

This seems like a pretty easy fold with the blinds this small.

[durron597]

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This seems like a pretty easy fold with the blinds this small.

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What range do you put him on?

[gumpzilla]

Even if you put him on any two, A3s against that range is only 58% equity. If you tighten up his range at all, A3 starts to suffer pretty badly. Winning and getting his chips places you comparably to the big stack, but doesn't put you in a position where you alone can run roughshod over the table. Losing puts you in an uncomfortable position. I think this is a fold.

[durron597]

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Even if you put him on any two, A3s against that range is only 58% equity. If you tighten up his range at all, A3 starts to suffer pretty badly.

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Not until we get below the top 40% of hands. Plus I'm suited. Plus he only has 7xBB and we have the dead money from my BB.

[tigerite]

You need around 50% equity to make the call, so if he's pushing any two, you absolutely must call. I think even tight 2+2ers would be pushing a pretty wide range here, especially as he himself probably knows durron is 2+2. 40% seems about dead on the money for me in fact.

[gumpzilla]

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Plus I'm suited.

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Yes, that's what A3s means.

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Plus he only has 7xBB and we have the dead money from my BB.

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I'm aware of these issues as well. With several stacks substantially weaker than you at the moment though, you're in pretty good shape at the moment. Losing a bunch of chips severely hurts your equity, gaining a bunch of chips isn't going to give you a correspondingly high boost in equity. You haven't really done anything to convince me this is a call.

[gumpzilla]

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You need around 50% equity to make the call, so if he's pushing any two, you absolutely must call.

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That low? That astonishes me. This is an ICM figure?

[tigerite]

Of course it's an ICM figure, what do you take me for [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

If we assume you want a +0.4% edge.. then it's 49.8%.