cjmoles
Rock Star
Silver Level
Below is the question and my answer. Help me out. Is my reasoning good? Most say fold, some say push all-in and I am in-between.
THIS CHALLENGE IS ON BOVADA'S FACEBOOK PAGE:
"It's wsop Wednesday! Answer the following for your chance to win one of two WSOP qualifier tickets! Two winners will be chosen tomorrow at noon."
THE QUESTION:
"You’re playing a satellite to win a $3K WSOP Prize Package. There are 7 players left with the top 6 getting a package. You’re on the button with 9s9d and have 5BB left. The SB has 3 BB, the BB has 20 BB and the rest of the table has 25 or more BB’s. You close your eyes to think about your move, and when you open them you’re shocked to find out you now have x-ray vision and can see the SB has JcQc and the BB has AhKd. What’s your move?"
MY ANSWER:
I would call so as not to fold SB and then call BB's raise all-in. If BB wins...I also win because my stack is bigger than SB...If SB wins, than I will probably be beating BB which will leave me 4BB. If I win then It's all good, and I cash! My odds of cashing at this point are good if I go to showdown with both blind positions! To recap: if BB wins, I win; if I win I cash; and if SB wins I'm most likely still in it. Right? I only lose if SB beats BB AND BB beats me, which is unlikely because of my pair which also connects to the straight. Right....I like my odds and I get my stack ALL-IN against both BB and SB without folding SB in the process! Folding would be the worse option because I win if BB wins, whether I fold or not. If I fold and SB wins then I'm the short stack just waiting for a hand to get my stack all in. If I get my stack in against BB AND SB then it's two hands against one in my favor.
Again, worse option is to fold here. Many don't consider placement if several hands go to showdown on the bubble, higher placement goes to the larger stack going into the hand....even if the smaller stack has the better hand, if SB loses it's over...I win because of my larger stack! However, I don't want SB to fold hoping that I lose to BB and SB gets the ticket....so, best move...call, let SB defend or shove, let BB squeeze-push, and then call all-in! The trick here is thinking all this up before I tank out! And that's where experience comes into the equation. LOL
Is my reasoning good?
THIS CHALLENGE IS ON BOVADA'S FACEBOOK PAGE:
"It's wsop Wednesday! Answer the following for your chance to win one of two WSOP qualifier tickets! Two winners will be chosen tomorrow at noon."
THE QUESTION:
"You’re playing a satellite to win a $3K WSOP Prize Package. There are 7 players left with the top 6 getting a package. You’re on the button with 9s9d and have 5BB left. The SB has 3 BB, the BB has 20 BB and the rest of the table has 25 or more BB’s. You close your eyes to think about your move, and when you open them you’re shocked to find out you now have x-ray vision and can see the SB has JcQc and the BB has AhKd. What’s your move?"
MY ANSWER:
I would call so as not to fold SB and then call BB's raise all-in. If BB wins...I also win because my stack is bigger than SB...If SB wins, than I will probably be beating BB which will leave me 4BB. If I win then It's all good, and I cash! My odds of cashing at this point are good if I go to showdown with both blind positions! To recap: if BB wins, I win; if I win I cash; and if SB wins I'm most likely still in it. Right? I only lose if SB beats BB AND BB beats me, which is unlikely because of my pair which also connects to the straight. Right....I like my odds and I get my stack ALL-IN against both BB and SB without folding SB in the process! Folding would be the worse option because I win if BB wins, whether I fold or not. If I fold and SB wins then I'm the short stack just waiting for a hand to get my stack all in. If I get my stack in against BB AND SB then it's two hands against one in my favor.
Again, worse option is to fold here. Many don't consider placement if several hands go to showdown on the bubble, higher placement goes to the larger stack going into the hand....even if the smaller stack has the better hand, if SB loses it's over...I win because of my larger stack! However, I don't want SB to fold hoping that I lose to BB and SB gets the ticket....so, best move...call, let SB defend or shove, let BB squeeze-push, and then call all-in! The trick here is thinking all this up before I tank out! And that's where experience comes into the equation. LOL
Is my reasoning good?
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