NL Preflop Question

David Sklansky · #1 08-13-2005, 06:49 AM

(This may be a repeat post. If so I apologize.)

10 20 Blinds. You are in the Big Blind with AQ. You have plenty of chips. A tight player starting with a short stack of 300 makes it 100 to go in early position. All fold. 80 to you. He has 200 left.

You somehow are almost positive about his play. He has two tens or higher or AK. If you move in he will fold only the two tens. If you call he will always move in 200 on the flop and call if you move in. Preflop you should call, fold or move in?

psyduck · #2 08-13-2005, 08:35 AM

If you can narrow his range to TT+, AK+, this is a fold.

Am I missing something?

Alex/Mugaaz · #3 08-13-2005, 08:39 AM

I assume this is very early in the tournament?

ggbman · #4 08-13-2005, 10:15 AM

I would think that answer is to call, as he still has 200 behind which you are guarenteed to get in on favorable flops. He could have TT, JJ, and even if he has QQ or KK, remember you get all the money infor sure when you outflop him.

Voltron87 · #5 08-13-2005, 10:26 AM

my 5 second thoughts say fold

Mike Gallo · #6 08-13-2005, 10:38 AM

Fold

45suited · #7 08-13-2005, 11:02 AM

Seems like an obvious fold to me.

Mikey · #8 08-13-2005, 11:20 AM

you have to do the math here, before you can say this is an obvious fold.

Combination of TT, JJ, QQ, KK, AA
Combinations of AK

Then you have to figure out the % of the time he'll fold and you'll win the blinds and dead money if he has TT.
Then you have to figure out the % of the time he has all the other holdings calls and you draw out and win, and then you have to figure out all the % of the time he has all the other holdings calls and he wins.

Its not that hard a question, i'm just too lazy to do that math.

45suited · #9 08-13-2005, 11:26 AM

obvious fold

my way of saying i'm lazy as well. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

fanmail · #10 08-13-2005, 12:04 PM

How many chips do we have in our stack? You don't mention that in the op. If we have 1000 chips, we ought to fold I think. If we have 10,000, we put him all-in right now. So, until we know our stack size relative to the other stacks at the table, I can't give a competent answer.