Daily Hand Quiz

His range here is literally ATC. The blinds hit him next hand, and after they zap him he will be down to a piddly 590 which is getting called all day long around that table. He has folded around waiting for an A or K probably, and now that he is on his last shot to have any fold equity at all, he’s shoving it probably without even looking at what it is. He COULD wait for the BB, but he’s 100% relying on first-in vigor here. His shove does no good against an already opened or multi limped pot.

Our 77 is crushing his ATC range. His stack is only about 14% of ours. The SB/BB aren’t much higher. I say RRAI here, I don’t want that SB thinking he can call safely getting 3:1. He very well might, cuz even if he calls and loses he still has a nice 800 stack, which still carries some fold equity at the table and he will be fresh out of the blinds with position beginning. If he wants to call it is going to be for his tournament life. This RRAI should also chase that BB out, I don’t see him getting involved here unless he’s juiced. 77s are killer against the UTG range, but they aren’t the kind we want to take 3 handed unless they’re willing to risk it all.

RRAI. Worst case scenario: At the most we are investing no more than 1455 this hand, which is only 28% of our stack, and we’re getting a delicious 3:1 almost on our monster 77 made hand if we get an extra hop-on caller. try not to laugh when he reveals 93o.

Disclaimer: I don’t play turbos so I have no idea if that changes basic MTT strategy. I’m guessing that the only change is that our starting hand requirements have to get pretty loose, which makes our 77s a total monster. Correct me if I’m totally wrong.

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I think we are most likely flipping here but I agree that rrai is the right move for the reasons above.

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I thought a call might be in order to determine the strength of hand of SB. I figure his stack is small enough he would think twice. Either way he is all in if he bets but he gets a chance to consider it. And if he calls well I probably know what he is holding and can decide whether or not to push him out post flop. Not concerned about BB he is either in or out. Is there anything wrong with this call strategy?

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Folding is pretty weak here and calling would price in SB with a pretty wide range.
If we call and SB shoves, we have to call getting around 4:1, right? And then we’re stuck with our mid-pr multiway.
Better to isolate vs UTG and flip for a decent little pot.

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RRAI. By doing so, Hero will have done all they can to attempt to isolate. 77 is obviously not a hand you want to play multi-way. Your downside risk is ~$1.5K, so even in defeat Hero is still left with ~35bbs.

Fold – extremely weak given the following: Turbo (i.e. wider ranges), open-shover has 7 bbs left, and only 7 hands are ahead of Hero.

Call – prices in the blinds, placing Hero at greater risk to have over-cards pair and dominate their pp.

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I don’t understand how FOLD gets 48% of the votes. I insta-raised, then was surprised by the poll result, then was disappointed not to see one person explain a fold vote in the comments. RRAI is the way to go. I’m not saying a fold is out of the question but without a read on the opponent I would like to see someone justify it.

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I call. It’s a block of chips we can gamble with that doesn’t negatively affect how the players to our right will play against us; we still have them comfortably stacked if we lose, and a win gives us a huge chip edge over everyone except one player. You’re looking to be around 45% against a wide open ship range from the UTG guy according to PokerStove, so just ship it in and glglgl

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Brandon Temple Reply:
June 26th, 2010 at 2:36 pm

(I call=I RRAI, I’m an idiot and typed in call when I meant RRAI…)

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this is turbo gotta gamble

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