Finally figured out AK in early rounds....

gildwulf · #1 07-13-2005, 01:13 PM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t800)
MP3 (t800)
CO (t800)
Button (t800)
Hero (t800)
BB (t800)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t15, 1 fold, MP1 raises to t85, 1 fold, MP3 calls t85, Hero reraises [all-in]4 folds, MP1 folds, MP3 folds.

Final Pot: t207.50

11t · #2 07-13-2005, 01:15 PM

Yah, I hate calling here since you are out of position and only hit the flop 33% of the time.

bluewilde · #3 07-13-2005, 01:16 PM

I just did this at an 11, and villain flipped QK. I was esctatic, but there was a Q on the flop. Should I not be doing this at the lower limits or is that just a bad beat?

tigerite · #4 07-13-2005, 01:17 PM

You already know the answer.

gildwulf · #5 07-13-2005, 01:21 PM

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Yah, I hate calling here since you are out of position and only hit the flop 33% of the time.

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Yea, plus 200 chips early on is an extra 1/4 on your old stack...

HAHHA while I was writing this post I just did the exact same thing at level 2 for another 300 chips...

bluewilde · #6 07-13-2005, 01:24 PM

haha...I'm actually not sure. At this level I get called with such a wide range of hands I wondered if it was right to risk it all so early. That the outcome is a bad beat, I understand. I was wondering if the number of times I get called by a dominated hand outweighs the chance I get called by a pair or another hand that I'm pretty even against.

tigerite · #7 07-13-2005, 01:48 PM

I think it's fine as mostly you will end up either in a race or with a hand that massively dominates whatever the idiots call with, and the ratio is pretty much 50:50. This makes it a massively +EV play.

BadMongo · #8 07-13-2005, 02:05 PM

Yeah, this is a pretty standard play for me at the lower limits. It will cost too much of your stack to just call and see a flop, plus you are out of position. If you push, you will probably pick up a nice size pot right away. Even when you are called, you are a big favorite against the range of hands these donks will call with.

1C5 · #9 07-13-2005, 02:16 PM

Not a bad play but I hate getting called by TT or JJ or QQ this early.

mlagoo · #10 07-13-2005, 02:25 PM

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Not a bad play but I hate getting called by TT or JJ or QQ this early.

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I'm ok with it. I'll know that I am a coinflip, and that I had at least some fold equity, which makes it a +EV play in the hand. And I can deal with making +EV plays all day.

I hate getting called by KK or AA though. Those donks just won't lay those hands down.