Primo semi help please: was my re-raise all-in sensible or just stupid! What should I have done?

GELDY

Help please: Was my raise sensible given the situation or just stupid!

Primo semi - 44/141 left (ie 28 seats)
Down to 8BB I reraise all-in with 88, after cut-off bets 4BB of his starting 9BB stack
my choces as i see it:
fold and wait for a better spot - but my fold equity is running low and still a way to go
call and wait to see if there is an A in the flop, but it doesn't leave me with much and I reject it
re-raise all-in and hope its a race - which should give me enough to make it through if I hold-up

I choose the latter - he shows AQ - hits the A on the flop with no magic 8 on the river - all over.

I did think his initial raise signified strength - but also maybe a small chance he would fold to an allin




Hand History #358308413 (18:20 03/04/2011)

PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancechilldog19Small blind 200.00200.008830.00brimicombeBig blind 400.00600.0011697.50 Your hole cards88   will7871Fold    penguin7Raise 1600.002200.001935.00GELDYAll-in 3290.005490.000.00chilldog19Fold    brimicombeFold    penguin7Call 1690.007180.00245.00penguin7ShowAQ   GELDYShow88   Flop  4KA   Turn  3   River  10   penguin7WinPair of Aces7180.00 7425.00

YOUNG_GUN

U lost a flip! christ sake man get a grip

Dudeskin8

Less than 10 bigs what else you gonna do ?

scotty77

knowing that you have no fold equity at all, there is a serious case for folding as you are likely crushed/flipping.

best to get your money in unopened pots in sats.

pryce6

fold > shove

YOUNG_GUN

Ur folding because?

8 Bigs insta- shove imo, not going to get much better spots

U got in slight fave so nowt wrong with da shove

scotty77

In Response to Re: Primo semi help please: was my re-raise all-in sensible or just stupid! What should I have done?:

Ur folding because? 8 Bigs insta- shove imo, not going to get much better spots U got in slight fave so nowt wrong with da shove
Posted by YOUNG_GUN

sats are totally different.  it doesnt matter if we get to the places with 100k in chips or 100 chips.  we want as much fold equity as possible when we do shove so shoving into a pot that has been 4x opened is not good.

DOHHHHHHH

Yeh I would fold here.

Penguin iss experienced too, he's not gonna be opening anything that 8's plays well against, and the fact he opens 4x rather than open shoving is also worrying, if he had 22-77 he'd want to use his own F.eq as much as poss.

Fold and shove the next open spot.

GREGHOGG

In Response to Re: Primo semi help please: was my re-raise all-in sensible or just stupid! What should I have done?:

Yeh I would fold here. Penguin iss experienced too, he's not gonna be opening anything that 8's plays well against, and the fact he opens 4x rather than open shoving is also worrying, if he had 22-77 he'd want to use his own F.eq as much as poss. Fold and shove the next open spot.
Posted by DOHHHHHHH

+1

AMYBR

I was once in a sat for the Negranue $2M guarenteed.  Around 2700 entered top 166 got the $660 seats.  Started to get really tight around the 220 mark.  I was pretty comfortable with around 50BB, around 50ish of 220.  Didnt play for ages, went and washed up.

Gets down to last 175, the game has got SUPER tight playing hand for hand.  I've got around 22BB's left.

UTG makes it 3 x, UTG +2 calls, I muck AA.

That close to the bubble, I'd rather coast the bubble than pointlessly, fruitlessly, get involved un-neccassarily.

8 bigs does make it trickier though.  I think i'd wait, planning to attack the blinds in un raised pots also.

YOUNG_GUN

lol the above post should be a brag^^