POKERSTARS GAME #15424147345: HOLD'EM LIMIT ($2/$4) - 2008/02/20 - 14:41:52 (ET)
Table 'Meissa IV' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: SuckYouDry ($154 in chips)
Seat 2: sars30 ($103.50 in chips)
Seat 4: FPau ($120 in chips)
Seat 5: snowpup08 ($75.50 in chips)
Seat 6: ohzo99 ($40.50 in chips)
sars30: posts small blind $1
FPau: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FPau [Ah As]
snowpup08: folds
ohzo99: raises $2 to $4
SuckYouDry: folds
sars30: folds
FPau has timed out
FPau: folds
FPau is sitting out
Loopez007 joins the table at seat #3
ohzo99 collected $5 from pot
ohzo99: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5 | Rake $0
Seat 1: SuckYouDry (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: sars30 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: FPau (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: snowpup08 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ohzo99 collected ($5)
Never, early in a tourney. And yes fold them when you're on the bubble if you think other players at the table will knock each other out and enable you to get into the money. And this, only if a lot of $$ is raised and reraised preflop.
+1 for + . The only "bubble" that this would apply to is a satellite where you'll either win entry or lose, and that's already been covered. On a normal graduated payscale, there is no excuse for bottling out to limp into the money, when you could be making a proper push at the big money which is significantly more (I know i'm only repeating what above posters have said).. And yes fold them when you're on the bubble if you think other players at the table will knock each other out and enable you to get into the money. And this, only if a lot of $$ is raised and reraised preflop.
..only think about folding if on the bubble or theres more than 1 all in before u act. but i would call in most cases...be strong..or u will be gone.....
I believe Mr McEvoy means that if you are short stacked and the initial raisers have you outchiped its best just to let them knock eachother out because if they knock eachother out and you make the money, you won't feel like you have spent the last few hours for nothing just to bubble, at least you may get your buy-in back and then some.Never, early in a tourney. And yes fold them when you're on the bubble if you think other players at the table will knock each other out and enable you to get into the money. And this, only if a lot of $$ is raised and reraised preflop.
I believe Mr McEvoy means that if you are short stacked and the initial raisers have you outchiped its best just to let them knock eachother out because if they knock eachother out and you make the money, you won't feel like you have spent the last few hours for nothing just to bubble, at least you may get your buy-in back and then some.
Faced with being the chip leader would make it the easy call.
I totally agree with odinscott's replies. Have, and will again, fold those rockets preflop in the right situation. OK, so I wear a skirt, and have no nuts - BUT - I have chips and a chair. Which one's more important?
Those who will NEVER fold an AA hand preflop play NoLimitLuckem, not poker, imo.
You will be eliminated 75% of the time, even though you do have odds against any one player, you are a 75% dog overall. How is it a correct call again? Simply because you have better odds against any one player? I guess you mean using the pot odds (even though you lose 75% of the time, you win more than 75% of the chips if you get lucky). I guess that I value my tourney life so much that, I would rather wait until another spot, where i have more than a 25% chance to win, before getting allin.