Calling the 3-Bet - do I have odds?

Sam T. · #1 10-28-2005, 11:37 PM

Party $10+1 - 2500 started, down to about 200, so we're ITM, but not by much.

Villain is in a lot of hands, but I haven't been at the table for long so he is either laggy or on a rush of cards. When he shoves there is 25k in the pot and it's 10k for me to call - do I take 2.5:1 here?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1000 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB (t4391)
UTG (t11140)
UTG+1 (t43034)
MP1 (t5093)
MP2 (t22504)
MP3 (t34561)
CO (t24048)
Hero (t20987)
SB (t15874)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
5 folds, CO raises to t3400, Hero raises to t6000,SB is all-In [15374] 2 folds,

Hero?

BlackAces · #2 10-28-2005, 11:46 PM

Depends on what hands he's been raising with -- a player can appear laggy if he's calling a lot and hitting flops, but still be raising with solid cards -- but you're probably getting the odds to call.

As an aside, may I ask what the purpose was behind your initial raise? I would've probably just called. You're not going to fold anything out with a raise that small, plus you're committing a decent part of your stack with a semi-marginal hand, even with position.

Sam T. · #3 10-29-2005, 09:52 AM

Agreed that that was a baby-raise. t8000 or even a push would have been better, and perhaps isolated the original raiser. Damn party for not having a pot total during the betting.

Anyway, I called Villain turned up Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], but out flopped me and I couldn't catch up.

JustPlayingSmart · #4 10-29-2005, 04:34 PM

Push preflop if you are going to resteal. This is a call almost no matter what with 2.5-1 odds. He has to have TT+, AK+ here for folding to be correct. If AQ is in his range at all, you have to call here.

Not everyday you seem someone 4-bet pf with QJs and almost no fold equity.

Cactus Jack · #5 10-30-2005, 05:59 AM

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Push preflop if you are going to resteal. This is a call almost no matter what with 2.5-1 odds. He has to have TT+, AK+ here for folding to be correct. If AQ is in his range at all, you have to call here.

Not everyday you seem someone 4-bet pf with QJs and almost no fold equity.

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True. Only days that end in Y.

CJ