1sunchin
Legend
Silver Level
I see no reason to call ATo pre-flop, especially at level I. It is even more ugly to call the villain of A2o. Two horrible moves. 303 BB in the pot ... AA x KK for a hand like that, and see beforehand.
I think that you can raise 3x or 4x BBs pre flop and when he shove is a easy fold.
Is it means that optimal play for BB is shove any cards on preflop raise and raiser must fold any hand except AA, KK or AK?
Is it means that optimal play for BB is shove any cards on preflop raise and raiser must fold any hand except AA, KK or AK?
First, your raise should be more than a min raise in that spot as you would believe your A10 is better than the range of the blinds and also that the blinds are more apt to call since they may think you are just stealing.
Once the big blind jams this is an easy fold for many reasons. One, your A10 is just that, A10. It is not anywhere near the nut starting hand and could easily be crushed. Two, as I'll mention below 2 random cards will still beat you enough of the time that this is not worth risking everything early on in a tourney.
Since this is early in a tournament (another reason not to call because you know nothing about the opponent. They could be a maniac or someone who only jams QQ+) why would you want to risk your stack on such a starting hand? Your opponent could be crazy which you dont know at this point but lets just give you the benefit and say he has something like Q7 off. You will lose 1/3rd of the time and if you have confidence in yourself as a player are you going to risk this knowing this is the best case scenario?
If you do fold and this opponent does this move often then it will be easy to set them up and crack them later on and get the measly 40 chips that you lost in this hand by raising and folding.
Just saying what I think here. I have replied to your threads before and you seem to get mad when people give you constructive criticism which is exactly what this forum is for.
Is it means that optimal play for BB is shove any cards on preflop raise and raiser must fold any hand except AA, KK or AK?
I hope you remember Player 4's name and get him back next 3 times.