Daily Hand Quiz

this is probably the best hand/spot you will see for the rest of the tourney. You need to double up anyway at some point, this is your best spot, take your chances up against a weak ace or small pair.

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Call.

This is so marginal. Considering the likely range of the aggro player we generally have the odds to make this call, but 2 players from the bubble makes it tough go with KQ if we have even a chance of folding into the money.

Generally I’d want to be the one shoving but our M is so low that even if we get a chance to open with a shove we are very likely to get multiple callers. In this spot however our opponent’s shove means we have a reasonable chance of being heads up.

Its still very marginal because our opponents shove this close to the bubble has to be given some credit with 3 stacks to act behind him who can bust him.

Combine that with the fact that if we call the BB now has to call 21K to win 35K and facing an aggro player and a small stack he may, depending on his style, feel like he can gamble 20% of his stack in this spot.

Essentially I agree with teddy, its probably as good a spot as you’re going to get. But waiting for a better hand / trying to fold into the money is definately an option.

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villain is shoving into 3 bigger stacks and is not doing it with air,we are almost 100% dominated ( 99+,AK ).Nevertheless this is a compulsory call with just 3 BB left and getting better than 1.7
Just hope FOR villain having JJ-TT-99.

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Fold. May not get a better hand, but hope to get a spot that is heads-up. With 3 large stacks still to act, KQ likely trailing.

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Voted call.Aggressive player may be taking advantage of the money bubble.I would place him on a wek ace or a small medium pocket pair.

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catcher Reply:
September 21st, 2009 at 2:06 pm

I suppose you’re saying that aggressive player’s range could be down to any ace, any pair, any broadway? There is no way you can “place him on a weak ace or medium pair” – why can’t he have AA or KK? With an M of less than 6 and aggressive image he would shove those hands the same way he shoves 22 or A6o.

Anyway, I fold. If it was a normal payout structure, I’d be really tempted to call, but here I am simply looking forward to fold into the money, or get my chips in pushing rather than calling.

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I voted fold. I almost never say to give up good chip equity spots, but this is a rare exception. Your stack is so small that you don’t have a realistic chance of making the final table, so you should in this case focus your strategy towards surviving the bubble. Picking a spot or two to open shove is the best strategy for that end. Even if you are an underdog every time you get called, the chances that you don’t get called and pick up a few blinds plus the rare chance you get called and then get lucky makes for a better chance of survival than you have here.

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