Thoughts Please

tomgoodun

Thoughts on this hand in the £2 deep stack last night

I'm 18/25 with 20 paid,blinds 300-600 ( as far as I can remember) I have 23k chips in cut off

Utg shoves 20k folded to me, there are 2 players in the blinds that cover me, I have QQ

What's your play and why please.

mattprawn

Hi Tom

I'm going to have first go at this, before I'm influenced by better players posts.

You need to be winning / or at least FT MTT's to be profitable long term.  Min cashes just postpone the inevitable.

So, I want to win this and am shoving most times,  Looking through my fingers as I see his cards, but shoving nonetheless.

Only caveat to this is player read.  Without any knowledge I'd see a shove UTG as a hand that doesn't really want calling, but could live with it.  Small to medium pairs or AK/AQ/AJ/A10.  Happy to have a race against any of these.  Only two hands that I wouldn't call face up (AA /KK) so happy to take the race.


Best

Matt

Lambert180

Snap rejam, I'd be very surprised to see someone open shove so many BBs with KK+ (although it will happen occasionally) so yeah just an easy rejam and either win a flip v AK or hold against a hand we crush 

tomgoodun

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Hi Tom I'm going to have first go at this, before I'm influenced by better players posts. You need to be winning / or at least FT MTT's to be profitable long term.  Min cashes just postpone the inevitable. So, I want to win this and am shoving most times,  Looking through my fingers as I see his cards, but shoving nonetheless. Only caveat to this is player read.  Without any knowledge I'd see a shove UTG as a hand that doesn't really want calling, but could live with it.  Small to medium pairs or AK/AQ/AJ/A10.  Happy to have a race against any of these.  Only two hands that I would call face up (AA /KK) so happy to take the race. Best Matt
Posted by mattprawn

Thanks Matt

I will keep you on tenterhooks for a day or so - see if anyone else has any thoughts on this

Appreciate the reasoned answer.

tomgoodun

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Snap rejam, I'd be very surprised to see someone open shove so many BBs with KK+ (although it will happen occasionally) so yeah just an easy rejam and either win a flip v AK or hold against a hand we crush 
Posted by Lambert180

Thanks Paul, appreciate you taking the time to post..

Jac35

What Lambert said

Never ever thought I would say that

tomgoodun

Thanks chaps

As Matt pointed out making FT is pretty much the goal rather than min cash after playing 3/4 hours.

I didn't take long in my decision to jam

Oppo had AJ

A on the flop sealed my fate, shoved the rest of my chips in with 10's next hand, same bloke called with K rag, K flop and out we go, thems the breaks

unknown_username

bad beat story?

MattBates

I am always going with this, just an unlucky run out.

tomgoodun

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bad beat story?
Posted by mumsie

Haha, nope - A I am happy to take a flip with a decent hand story

tomgoodun

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I am always going with this, just an unlucky run out.
Posted by MattBates

So what you are saying is - I played it exactly the same as you would have could my weekend get any better.

MattBates

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In Response to Re: Thoughts Please : So what you are saying is - I played it exactly the same as you would have could my weekend get any better.
Posted by tomgoodun

Played the same????   You really think I wouldn't of won that hand?

tomgoodun

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In Response to Re: Thoughts Please : Played the same????   You really think I wouldn't of won that hand?
Posted by MattBates

Ha, that would never be in doubt

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