Level 3 + Jacks = Fun

[Phil Van Sexton]

Villian had been fairly tight and not involved in many hands, except 1 very noteworthy hand. A couple hands earlier, he min-raised UTG with A6o. He bet the pot (300) on a 542 flop, and a shortstack pushed for 300 more. He called, and caught the 3 on the turn. Shortstack not pleased.

Moving on. PartyPoker 50/5...

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (7 handed) converter

UTG (t2415)
MP1 (t1110)
MP2 (t1150)
CO (t1335)
Button (t1720)
SB (t1205)
Hero (t1065)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t225</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ???</font>

[1C5]

Me, I call here. And then play depending on the flop. A or K flops, I tread carefully. No overcards and I am prepared to get all in. If a Q falls I still play it aggressively I think.

[hansarnic]

You have to push, anything else is awful imo

[Cleveland Guy]

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Villian had been fairly tight and not involved in many hands, except 1 very noteworthy hand. A couple hands earlier, he min-raised UTG with A6o.


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He is tight and min rasing UTG with A6o?

Something here doesn't make sense.

I think I call and push any non scary board.

[jcm4ccc]

The 225 bet is strange, on the button after everybody has folded. 70% - 80% of the time he is just going to win the blinds. So I don't think he has AK, AA, KK, or QQ. He would want some action with those hands. He might have AQ or KQ, or perhaps Axs. It might be a total steal attempt.

I would call the bet, with the intention of check-raising the flop. Unless an Ace hits on the flop (since he seems to like his aces). Then I would check the flop and play it by ear.

[Scuba Chuck]

I definately don't like calling here. This is push or fold. His bet, to me, indicates that he would prefer not to be called. So....

[Scuba Chuck]

You're going to call off 25% of your stack against an attempted steal? I think this is a fine time to lay down the law for future blind steal attempts. Resteal, the poorly attempted steal attempt.

If villain had only raised to say 125 chips, I'd be more comfortable with a call here.

[Elektrik]

Pretty standard push IMO.

[pooh74]

How has your table image been?

Unfortunately your fe on a push isnt spectacular, but Id say its still a factor. Id have to say your WORST case scenario here is two overs...i really dont see this size a raise with QQ+...you never know, but i think this outcome is far less likely than villain folding on your reraise AI (so they cancel out in my mind or give you slightly +EV). Then we're left with your 55/45 advantage and the possible under PPs which i think makes this a clear push.

There is almost no way I'd lay this down here and definitely no way im going to the flop w/o all of my chips in the middle.

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[willie]

i push this almost everytime

and stop and go on occassion.