PartyPoker $1M hand

[300CE24]

Ok, so I was playin the million again this Saturday. This time I haven't busted in level 2 after a big bad bluff. On the other hand I have been steadily building my stack without showing down many hands (1 or 2 I think, total). On to the hand:

600 players left out of 1700
I havent played many hands
I have a tight image
Blinds 100/200
I have 4100 chips, about avg

I'm on the button, looking at AQo
Fold to the CO, who MINRAISES to 400
I make it 1000 to go
Blinds fold
He thinks until 2 secs left then pushes
He barely covers me
I instacall

I'm thinkin now that I shoulda raised more (like 1500-2000), or folded.

Too much to risk too early?


Flame away peoples

BRGDS,

[300CE24]

I must be a real donk. Nobody ever answers my posts (except I have gotten flamed a cpl times).

[ansky451]

Some reads on the player would be nice. This is impossible to answer without.

[curtains]

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Geez I feel bad for you when you get moved to a new table or have only played like 10-20 hands at your current table. Every hand must be "impossible" to play. Good thing we are never faced with that situaton when playing online!

FWIW, I assume that a minraise/minbet is a "come and get deez nuts" thing with these guys until proven differently, so I would have just called and seen the flop.

but yes, you should raise to at least 3x his raise.

[curtains]

You should either flat call his raise, or make a pot committing raise like 1400-2000/allin. AQo on the button and only 20x the BB is a bit too strong for me when facing a small cutoff raise, so I would choose raising to about 1500, and unhappily calling any reraise.

[ansky451]

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Some reads on the player would be nice. This is impossible to answer without.

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Geez I feel bad for you when you get moved to a new table or have only played like 10-20 hands at your current table. Every hand must be "impossible" to play. Good thing we are never faced with that situaton when playing online!

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Come on man, I know. I play lots of online tournaments, so yes I can do without reads. Its just this is a very borderline decision IMO, and I don't think folding or calling is significantly more EV than the other, thats why I think we need a read to push it over the edge in one direction. Barring a read, I say, "It's late position action, so I'm calling..." then I see his TT and smile. Or I see his AK and cry.

[300CE24]

I see people advocating a call here, but that was never an option of mine. I was thinkin fold or reraise. Am I way off here?

[ansky451]

I was reffering to your decision as to what to do to the push.

Personally, I just call PF, although, I sometimes take flops where other 2+2ers seem to advocate preflop aggression.

[AlcateL]

I don't Fold here, reraise or call.