AK nearing the bubble in a satellite

cha59 · #1 09-04-2005, 12:34 PM

341 entries, about 40 players left, top 9 get a $1,050 seat in the Stars WCOOP event #8.

Villian has been pretty solid.

Does anyone consider folding this here?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (8 handed) converter

SB (t16586)
BB (t7590)
UTG (t27802)
UTG+1 (t12625)
MP1 (t28109)
Hero (t9770)
CO (t18647)
Button (t8565)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
3 folds, Hero raises to t1850, CO raises to t18647, 3 folds, Hero???

betgo · #2 09-04-2005, 12:52 PM

Call. You have a below average stack and 3/4 of the field needs to be eliminated. You only have 16xBB, so you have to go with AK.

cha59 · #3 09-04-2005, 02:13 PM

Bump

Anyone else?

Is this that clear of a call?

benneh · #4 09-04-2005, 02:16 PM

If you wer closer to the bubble it'd be an auto-fold, but I think you still have lots of poker to play and not a big enough stack to fold here. Call.

#5 09-04-2005, 03:15 PM

It doesnt look good in your situation. Villan probabbly has a solid hand here, QQ or better.....I cant see him risking a big loss in an entry tourney at this stage. Regardless you need to put your chips in and hope to double through.

Wader