AK versus large UTG shove, NL Tournament

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Game type: $30 rebuy, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Rebuy period closed
Your image: n/a
Opponent’s image: No read
Your hand: A♥K♥

The setup: You’ve got a decent stack in the mid stages of this rebuy tournament when the following hand comes up.

UTG open-raises for about 20 BBs. The table folds to you on the button. What’s your play?

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$ProPlayer$

definitely call unless you suspect the villain is playing some kind of mind games with you, Best I would expect him to have wold be JJ

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Marty Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:57 am

but which hands are we getting good enough call value against? I AQ? AJ? random crap?

I don’t want to get it in against a low pair…

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samo

I’m letting it go. Could be AK also, but I’m thinking QQ or JJ. Only getting slightly more than even money (6.9 to 6.3). Hero has a good stack, and it is still early.

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Richard P

This is just math and whether you are playing to cash / win.

We need 47% pot equity to call. If we think Villain won’t do this with pocket pairs lower than 88 then we need AQs in his UTG shoving range for it to be just break even.

So depends whether you want to make a slight -EV move in order to play FTW or take it easy with a decent M and wait for less variance spots.

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black fair Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:34 am

Regardless of whether I’m playing to win or cash I don’t see any point at all in flipping a coin at this point of the tourney.

There are so many better spots than this.

Full ring, middle stages of tournament, I’m looking to player poker, not bingo.

It sucks, but I fold here.

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John Kugelman

AK is the nuts preflop. I call.

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groundhog day

Must call. If you vote fold, what minimum hand would you call with?

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MNOWAX Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:33 am

Honestly, i would be making this call with AA KK AK QQ JJ and possibly AQs, anything less and i think its a bad call. i put him on any pair here, and any A-Broadway.

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samo Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:00 am

UTG with 20 bbs shoves into 4 large stacks plus hero’s. Realize that since hero has AK, less likely that v has AA, KK. Still would not call unless KK or AA. Imo the v has QQ, no less than JJ, and not worth flipping at this stage.

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nyhustla10

I consider it an easy fold. Can’t really think you have him dominated, best case he has a small pp in which case your still slightly behind

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