May 23, 2012

Daily Hand Quiz


Game type: Poker Stars Sunday Million NLHE Tournament
Your image: Somewhat tight
Stage of tourney: Final Table
Avg stack: A little over 11 million
Misc notes: Your opponent doubled up just last hand by pushing A 6 all in from the SB. The BB called with 77 and A6 made quads.
Your hand: 6♥6♦

The Setup: This is an actual hand taken from the final table of the PokerStars Sunday Million Tournament on January 21st, 2007.

The payouts: 1st $190k, 2nd $95k, 3rd $67k, 4th $53k, 5th $40k, 6th 29k.

Preflop, UTG folds and you raise to about 3x the blind. The CO folds and the button pushes all-in. It will cost you about 5.4 million to call. The button just doubled up last hand, making quad aces.

What’s your play?


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Sam


I would have called. Your odds are 2:1, and as he might feel he is on a rush, he could have raised with A-X, K-Q, K-Js, etc. Moreover, despite his previous win, he’s still short stack and he has to take risks. And even if he is on a stronger pair, you have him covered and you would have 3M left, which is enough fold equity when you push.

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mary


I’m folding, here. I would have bet more initially, maybe 25-35% of my stack with the little pair. I can easily let this go here and look for better position.

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Owns


Yeah, I agree with Mary.

I don’t think it has so much to do with fear as it does chip stack. If you fold, you still have enough chips to compete. If you call and lose, you’re pretty much forced to go all-in just to survive. IMHO.

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Ryan


Anyone that thinks you should call here, I’m sorry to say, is a complete donk… WHY on earth would u stick in your money with zero fold equity with 66 and risk over 60 percent of your stack at BEST being an even money shot??!??! Are you kidding me? FOLD FOLD FOLD

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Fran


clear fold

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Drooo82


Agree with Ryan. In this stage of tourney we don’t want to flip or gamble with mediocre hand.

One player drop means a lot in this stage, calling is terrible play.

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