Bubble hands

[Hawkeye27]

3 bubble hands I wondered about. The second I included my actions and post flop play.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter

Button (t3170)
SB (t2170)
BB (t345)
UTG (t1600)
Hero (t715)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Folded to Hero.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) converter

BB (t1505)
UTG (t620)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t890)
Hero (t1160)
Button (t950)
SB (t2075)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB calls t250, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t700) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t600</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1300



Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter

UTG (t1970)
Hero (t1235)
Button (t2813)
SB (t614)
BB (t1368)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. Folded to Hero

Sorry if it was confusing before the edit, I posted prematurely.

[realbad101]

In order...

Push in hand 1 (only about 3BB left, must push here)

Fold in hand 2 (good fold, u show strength, other big stack pushes back, don't tangle with him)

Push in hand 3 (u must push here to preserve your stack size to greater than 5BB and preserve your folding equity)


Then again, I've been getting busted out a lot pushing with Ax lately. My new middle name should be 4th place. But I still think it is the right play. Would like to hear other opinions.

[hansarnic]

Interested in what others think, but....

Hand 1 - personally I push and hope the rest get out of the way leaving me vs. BB. I know this is a risky move, but I hate letting the blinds come through me 'cos with 300 less even if I do double up I'm still in deep trouble.

Hand 2 - depends on read of players left to act. If they defend their blinds with any vigour I'm quite happy to just let this one go PF. You don't want to call a re-raise here so this is basically a steal that needs to work 2 times in 3 to be profitable. And I don't think you need 150 enough to risk 300 here if the blinds are aggressive. If I have more than 10BB at this level I am generally still playing pretty tight PF.

Hand 3 - I push here, but depending on level / opponents that may be over-aggressive.

[skipperbob]

Fold - Fold - Fold; but anxious to hear Irieguy reply [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[mosbyjojo]

A push isn't bad move in spot 1 given that the BB is almost committed to call, and if you push you'll prob end up heads up against him, and prob K8 will be the favorite. In spot two theres nothing more you can do other than what you did. And in spot 3 even though a lot of people will say psuh with any ace in that spot, I think you could prob find a more preferable situation to push than one where if you're called you are almost certainly a dog.