New to STT - push correct?

Zurvan · #1 05-31-2005, 06:33 PM

Hi

I'm looking for some opinions on this push. Read on villain - seems to be a reasonable player. We're pretty early in the tourney, 25/50 blinds, I've got a decent stack.

My thinking was that I was probably around a coin-flip, and I could use those chips that were sitting out there, thought I might be able to get a fold.

Your thoughts?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (7 handed) converter

CO (t1070)
Button (t1610)
Hero (t1770)
BB (t1325)
UTG (t1935)
MP1 (t3720)
MP2 (Villain)/ (t2070)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
1 fold, MP1 calls t50, MP2 (Villain)/ raises to t100, CO calls t100, 1 fold, Hero raises to t1770, 1 fold, MP1 folds, MP2 (Villain)/ calls t1670, CO folds.

The Yugoslavian · #2 05-31-2005, 06:34 PM

My thoughts: Yikes!

Yugoslav

Maulik · #3 05-31-2005, 06:36 PM

you totally don't need to push with such small blinds. you could call the bet, hope for a set or low cards. Pushing here is terrible . Now you know why.

Pushing here with a shorter stack or w/ lvl5+ would possibly be okay, it would really depend.

LeVoodoo · #4 05-31-2005, 06:47 PM

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We're pretty early in the tourney, 25/50 blinds, I've got a decent stack.

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Moonsugar · #5 05-31-2005, 06:51 PM

Pushing is never wrong. Push when ever action gets to you. All these donks do is fold. How do you think we make all the money?

Holler.

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JP Rocks · #6 05-31-2005, 06:59 PM

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Pushing is never wrong. Push when ever action gets to you. All these donks do is fold. How do you think we make all the money?

Holler.

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That was a joke, right? I get jokes...

gumpzilla · #7 05-31-2005, 07:04 PM

This is not a very good push, in my opinion. You're getting pretty nice direct odds to call and go for the set courtesy of that minraise. The implied odds on top of that are an extra bonus. I don't see tons of minraises with hands like AQ or AK, though it does occasionally happen. More frequently somebody will make a little raise like that with either QQ+ or almost total garbage. Any sense for which this guy is?

Anyway, pushing your 35 BB stack in here seems a little too chancy to me. If you were somewhat shallower I probably wouldn't mind this move, but I would have to think that MP2 was extremely donkish to make me happy about this, and this is ignoring the danger that a couple of other players have shown interest as well.

Eric Draven · #8 05-31-2005, 11:15 PM

Horrible. Just... Horrible.

I'd call, try to hit a set and trap him.

If you hit an overpair play it by ear.

If you totally miss make a probe bet and see where you stand, fold to a re-raise.

There's no reason to push with that stack at this level.