wrong to call his push on the flop here?

[alexd231232]

subject says it all

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (3 handed) converter

Button (t1525)
SB (t3140)
Hero (t4335)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Button calls t150, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t450) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets t1375 (All-In)</font>, SB folds, Hero calls t1375.

Turn: (t3200) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t3200) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t3200

[citanul]

don't check call, push outright. preserve folding equity. it's not like you're expecting to be ahead when you check call, right? you might actually get a hand that's better than yours to fold to a push.

citanul

[Jay36489]

Easy call. 12 outs to the nuts so you are getting pot odds. Also, you can afford to lose this and be in good shape, and SB is already out.

[lastchance]

Look at the size of Hero and SB's stack. With less BB, it's probably a good idea, but it just seems excessive.

Still, betting out could be good here.

[Jay36489]

Personally I don't want and FE here. I want all the chips in the middle, especialy against short stack. Is that wrong?

[alexd231232]

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don't check call, push outright. preserve folding equity. it's not like you're expecting to be ahead when you check call, right? you might actually get a hand that's better than yours to fold to a push.

citanul

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Do you think you could explain fold equity a bit more in depth, i have a general sense of what it means but am not sure of how to really use it...

[lastchance]

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Personally I don't want and FE here. I want all the chips in the middle, especialy against short stack. Is that wrong?

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As an underdog with -Chip EV compared to taking a sizable pot down on the flop? Of course.

Fold Equity is pot size * amount of times opponent will fold.

As a concept, it just means, can you make this guy lay down a bunch of the time, and is the pot worth taking down like this?

[Jay36489]

But you aren't much of an underdog, and have the chance to take him out. I'm not saying to always play a hand like this, just in this instance.