100$ Buy in Pokerstars MTT last night

Nick M · #1 07-15-2005, 02:00 PM

Only info I have is the guy who moved all in, moved in over someone like a round ago with A7o. 10-18th gets the same money, and there is 17 left. And I think the ante is 75.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1200 (9 handed) converter

MP1 (t18986)
MP2 (t16578)
MP3 (t31995)
CO (t50215)
Button (t28654)
Hero (t10765)
BB (t16370)
UTG (t11280)
UTG+1 (t48698)

Preflop: Hero is SB with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG raises to t4800, 1 fold, MP1 raises to t18911, 4 folds,

HERO???

woodguy · #2 07-15-2005, 02:02 PM

UTG put 1/2 his stack in, so he's coming.

I fold.

If I think UTG may fold, I may push, but not here.

Regards,
Woodguy

A-Baum · #3 07-15-2005, 02:11 PM

Interesting spot.

17 players left, and you're the short stack at the table. You need to beat out 6 more people to make any more money. Going to be tough with <10BB. You'll have to go all in and double up at least once to get through the top 10 barrier.

In this situation, there's 2 ways to go. One is the road the 1st replier took. Not a bad one at all, and a safe route.

On the other hand, you know UTG is calling that. You could go all in with the hopes of tripling up, putting you in fantastic position to make top 10. One or both of them probably have overcards, but UTG could have 66-99, same with all-in. Could be facing an overpair, but it's unlikely. Could be a resteal effort.

I think if you fold here, there's a fat chance you break top 10 anyway.

Tought spot.

kenstall · #4 07-15-2005, 02:29 PM

I also think you need to push here and take the shot at tripling up. Hopefully the other 2 players are sharing a card(if not 2). With < 10BB and 6 away from a money jump this is a good spot.

holman3rd · #5 07-15-2005, 02:31 PM

How about this line....fold.

(this is absent any reads of course)

MP1's push looks like an overbet that wouldn't mean a big pocket pair. With 6 players left to act, it looks like he wants to isolate UTG.

However, UTG just put 1/2 his stack in the middle, so MP1 KNOWS he's gonna get called there. His overbet may be intended to APPEAR like something weaker than top pair to encourage some hands that are possibly dominated to come along.

I fold, but it's close. With that short stack this may be your last decent chance to double/triple up.