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AK Vs AJ in the early stages of the five00
I had AK suited in the big blind about 2300 chips behind. There is a min raise to 100 under the gun from the big stack at the table, just under twice the starting stack and has been playing aggressive poker. there is a call from the button and the small blind folds I shove allin, a bit tilting. The big stack instantly calls and the button folds the big stack shows AJ off suit. The flop follows as 4 J J. the turn offers me hope with a flush draw but the river comes a blank. I asked the big stack why he called, he replied with " it was a rce and with my stack it woz easy".
Im not stupid and I know this is not a race unlike some but with the size of his stack could i excuss him fro this call?
Im not stupid and I know this is not a race unlike some but with the size of his stack could i excuss him fro this call?
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Hes got less than 6k and has to call 2.2k more so over a third of his stack with AJ. Its just a rank bad call there is zero justification for his call.
If i was you i would be thrilled when he called and showed AJ because you need some chips early and when the blinds get on a few levels you are usually gonna have to take a load of coin flips to stay alive so getting it in as a 73% fav is great.
Keep getting your money in good and you will have success but bear in mind that when you are playing a tourney with 7 minute blinds the luck factor is huge and once the blinds reach a certain level there is very little skill involved except to just keep moving allin.
Good luck in future tourneys.
Ask yourself one question, in the same situation would you do the same, if so then you did nowt wrong.
Also you WANT calls like that every day of the week.
col
In any case, like Colin and WildDog said, I wouldn't question the call because that's what you want, and i'm fairly sure you played the hand in such a way to get called by a marginal hand anyway. You got your money in as a good favourite and got outdrawn, ho hum. Do that in every tournament and in the long run you'll win money.
Allow me to correct it: Keep putting your money in ahead and in the long run you'll win money.
agree with young gun and others.
RACE HA, AJ WAS FAV HE WAS BEHIND AND DOM AND BIGGER STACK MAKES HIM SKYPOKER 80% FAV
look u played ak right and i think he played aj right, bigger stack in muppet mtt,u said u made it look like tilt? gd job it worked, i would do same with aj, hope u have small pair or j2, its the open no play no time to think, no if u did the same move with near same stack size i fold aj,not going to win many opens folding aj to smaller tilting stacks?