Daily Hand Quiz

Given the history of this table, button is raising with almost any two cards. His oversized raise could mean a lot of things, but “steal” is the first thought that comes to mind. In that case, his range is so huge and flabby that we ought to take him on. The only question is whether we raise (push) pre-flop or opt for a stop-and-go, calling the preflop raise and jamming whatever shows up on the flop.

I voted raise (push.) We’re happy if he folds, and if our read is right, we don’t mind a spite call. We should have meaningful folding equity here. if he’s got a monster, so be it.

A5o feels like a badly aligned hand for a stop-and-go. Too much risk that he catches something on the flop and we have very thin redraws, or that we don’t get paid if we flop an Ace. I’d be more inclined to consider S&G with a couple Broadway cards. But pushing here seems simplest.

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The graphic says we have A5o and the description says he have a small pair. Either way, I shove.

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What a strange sized raise from an aggressive player! 4x?

Is this his standard raise? If so then shove.

If he’s just randomly upped it to 4x I may well let this go. 4x = a better hand normally. Plus the price he’s getting after putting in 1m means he’ll likely call us with anything halfway decent.

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shove and that will end his nonsense with the button. theres essentially no way he can call off the rest of hos stack unless he has the goods which isnt likely. we have an ace 6 handed thats good enough for me in this spot.

also notice the blinds are so high there isnt much poker left to play. from here on its basically whoever gets the best hands the quickest wins. there just arent enough chips in play and its clear this tournament hasnt lost people at the normal rate.

with that said we should ne happy to at least get it in with ace high. but im expecting a quick fold. 6 max with these blinds almost means Q high is the nuts. we should be so lucky here and id almost want a call. this is the best double up hand well see for a while.

all in. then start abusing button and sb ourselves. we are in chip desperation. shove it deftones style here.

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all the signs lead to a weak range on the buttons part. gotta ship it. get the chips and the respect, a “weak” image isnt doing anything good for us.

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Wish I knew a little something about BB. Besides that it’s a pretty obvious steal attempt and a reasonable hand to re-shove, so I’d ship it now and be happy to increase my stack by 30% this close to the bubble.

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Since the villain is very aggressive I probably call here. We got a dwindling stack 6-handed and might not have a better chance at double up in the next few orbits. If the villain wasn’t an aggressive player I’d pass and try to push myself with something very soon.

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We may look weak but even if he is bluffing, he still has position on us. Fold it, get the button then go big.

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Major Dude Reply:
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:39 pm

Pushing here solves the position problem.

Waiting till the next hand (button) would be nice except. . .
1) there’s no guarantee the first two players will fold instead of open-raising or deciding that it’s a push-fest. Dunno about your experience, but if I’m a short stack and don’t seize the first sane opportunity to be the initial aggressor, a lot of times there isn’t going to be a second chance.
2) there’s no guarantee in the button that we get a legit hand. We could try to make a move with total garbage (74o, 95, etc.) and it might work. But if we get involved here, we actually don’t mind being called. From the button, unless you have good reason to think that another top 20% hand is coming, we’re banking much more heavily on fold equity to save us.

It’s not all that likely that things will get better if we wait. (Being tight/weak got us in this bind.) It’s quite possible things get worse.

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Pirate21 Reply:
November 3rd, 2010 at 5:50 pm

I wouldn’t recommend shoving ATC on the button.
Our button is the BB of the shortest stack who will likely be calling light and hoping to double up. You’ll probably find him calling you with something like A5o

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