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A shove? A call?
just wondered if I/u should/would have shoved..? And/or should they/you call....(even though they are ahead,and win the hand) is calling with A2 advisable in this position..(clearly on this occasion it was,lol),was shoving with K high BAD(clearly it was,..lol....should i wait???? for what,and when.?)..i certainly wasnt playing loose,was about 14th at the time,blinds are fairly high and getting higher,and its for his tourney life(and mine ,pretty much)...chip leaders are at about 50k... .was it worth just raising(figure he calls,or puts me all-in,cant see him folding to less,lol..).Or is he right to call with any A? Not annoyed with the call? more the shove..(but not much)..does it just look like a steal.?..lol..Any advice/opinions?thanx.phil.
| Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance | |
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| philmenow | Small blind | 800.00 | 800.00 | 11720.00 | |
| Big blind | 1600.00 | 2400.00 | 9370.00 | ||
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| philmenow | All-in | 11720.00 | 14120.00 | 0.00 | |
| All-in | 9370.00 | 23490.00 | 0.00 | ||
| philmenow | Unmatched bet | 1550.00 | 21940.00 | 1550.00 | |
| philmenow | Show |
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| Win | Pair of Aces | 21940.00 | 21940.00 | ||
Comments
1 player to get through? Check
Less than 10BBs? Check
Not playing super laggy? Check
Did the dealer deal you cards? Irrelevant... you should pretty much always shove any 2 cards in this situation.
You have 3 options:
Fold
Raise
Shove
K5o against any 2 cards (a random BB hand) is a 53.314% favourite. So you can assume you have the best hand, so that rules out folding.
Raising with less than 10BBs... what do you do if you get shoved on? If your answer is call then get your money in first and they might fold some hands that they would of shoved with. If you raised and they called you would not have enough chips to C-bet... so if your plan is to shove any flop then you really should just be shoving preflop otherwise they have a 33% chance of pairing their hand and may be less likely to fold. The only argument for raising really is that the BB is like super tight and will fold very easily to a min raise.
So that leaves shoving all in... so you made the right decision IMO. You probably have the best hand, and you will steal the blinds a large % of the time and as they are such a big % of your stack they are crucial to your tournament survival.
Now the A2o call... this depends on a number of things.
What range does he think you are shoving with in the SB?
How have you been playing?
Etc etc...
Problem is... it's half of his stack. If he thinks you are shoving any 2 cards in the above situation from the SB then A2o is a 54.929% favourite. So that means he is calling off over half of his stack for more or less a coin flip at best. For those reasons I personally would pass and look to get my chips in first.
It's just a standard hand that was played as played.