Should I fold AK here?

illini43 · #1 09-29-2005, 02:36 PM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (9 handed) converter

Button (t58429)
Hero (t40817)
BB (t47718)
UTG (t56031)
UTG+1 (t65852)
MP1 (t57619)
MP2 (t46750)
MP3 (t135757)
CO (t56977)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
2 folds, MP1 raises to t8000, 1 fold, MP3 raises to t16000, Folded to Hero and Hero...

My read on MP1 is his hand is weaker than mine (low PP or weaker ace). I have no read on MP3 since he just got moved to my table a few hands prior to this one.

Is this an easy push?

Melchiades · #2 09-29-2005, 02:38 PM

I poosh.

nath · #3 09-29-2005, 03:08 PM

I think stack size makes it a push, although you will probably be called. Should be fun.

McMelchior · #4 09-29-2005, 03:22 PM

Please don't fold.

You are the smallest stack with less than 10 x BB, and you're going to be out of FE real soon.

Yes, MP3 could be value raising with AA or KK, but way more often he's bullying with his big stack and mysterious apperance, planning to pick the pot up on the flop.

How did it go?

Best,

McMelchior (Johan)

illini43 · #5 09-29-2005, 03:25 PM

I really didn't know what the expect from MP3, so I opted to fold. He ended up picking up the pot on a flop of Qxx with a continuation bet...he showed AK after MP1 folded post-flop (AAGHH!!!).

Looking back at this hand I think this is one of two places in this tournament that I really fudged towards the end, I should have pushed here...most of the time the worst case scenario is probably a coin-flip...