Top two facing all in, NL Tournament

Game type: 10+1 NL tournament, about 1000 entrants
Your image: Loose Aggressive
Stage of tourney: Late stage of tourney, pays top 99 and is currently down in the 50′s
Avg stack: about 27000
Misc notes: You’ve been making well-timed steals to build your stack with blinds for the pass few laps, and no one has looked you up yet
Your hand: K♣Q♣

Preflop: You raise to 6000 and the table folds to player C who calls. The rest of the table folds. The flop is monotone but gives you top two with

K♦Q♦8♦

Flop: You lead out for 10k and player C comes over top all in, you:

5 COMMENTS (Jump to comment form)

Mary

Call. This is good for me. I am hoping my oponent only has a pair, I fear the diamonds and straight possibilities, but I think I’m ahead right now. I am glad to get my money in here.

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Joe

Call! If he made the flush, he would slow-play, so this bet screams out “semi-bluff.” Top two pair is prob. best here so for him to win he’ll have to draw out.

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Kyle

Call. I bet you guys turn over the same hand and chop the pot. If he has the flush he would sit on it. 88 is the only hand I would be worried about. The big all in makes if feel like he wants you to go away. Don’t succumb. Close your eyes and hit the call button. At this point the payout difference between the 50′s and 20′s isnt much. You gotta be playin to win or make the final table.

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ripp

fold. this scenario gave you no info on player c, so better safe than sorry. you still have more than average chips to play with, your already in the money, why risk it on this hand.
its a tough laydown but i got to lay it down on lack of info and the obvious flush. my bet is he thinks i have a strong flush betting into his nut flush, so he is going to get paid off.

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Fred Reply:
December 12th, 2011 at 11:17 am

Wrong.

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