What to do on the bubble with a good hand

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What would you do when the tournament is in the bubble and has AK and a player with more chips than you Bursts allln
 
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Fold it. At best you dominate a weaker ace only 75:25. Usually you are flipping. Sometimes you are way behind. Just get in the money. If you are really on the bubble you have to submit to this pressure.
 
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The simple answer is to fold. Just give it a second or two and you are in the money(getting your buy in back) then you can gamble and go with a coin flip. The long answer is that there are a whole lot of possibilities depending on you and what your goal is. If winning is your only goal or at least finishing close to the top and you do not care if you bust out bubble or not then you may want to gamble now and call. There are a million more possibilities from there. Most of the time just ignore your AK and quietly fold. AK is a push first fold equity but if you get called then fine type hand. Calling a shove is a bit different. You have now been told(could be a lie) that you are beat and need to improve. When you shove first you are saying you have a big pair etc and others need to have a monster to call. Even if they do get lucky and have a strong hand then fine. You have one too.
 
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I think i would fold.. even tought he might have nothing and want to steel some blinds, because the people are afraid to pay
 
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satellite: easy fold
regular MTT probably call, but it depends on stack sizes and players left to act.
 
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Just fold. Get some dimes to satisfy your tummy then try to engulf all the meat and veggies. Lol.
 
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It depends on effective stack sizes and what type of tournament it is.

It's hard to give an answer to a question without much to go on because there are a ton of different scenarios that you could be asking about. It's not an easy call or fold answer. Especially if you're looking for more context on the matter.
 
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Is depend if the how he plays in the before hands, and he's bluffer I pay All in
 
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Fold. If he is bluffing, he still has 2 live cards to pair.
And you don't?

Not only that, you don't need to pair a card to win.

Lets say it's AK vs QJ.

While there are a ton of ways QJ could be AK, we'll focus on just a single card pairing. QJ has 6 outs to pair. AK also has 6 outs to pair, but also 36 other cards that can hit that wont improve QJ. So, while QJ is drawing to 6 outs to pair up, AK has 42 outs that can either improve their hand or completely miss QJ, as A high > Q high.
 
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Its not possible to give a decent answer to this question when there is so much relevant information that hasn't been included.

If you provide details of the situation you will get a far better answer than most of the ones I see here on this thread (aside from ohshootI'mbad... the rest aren't much better than someone flipping a quarter & telling 'tails').

Tournament poker "calling all-ins" situations are often very unique & to provide a decently accurate answer (or an attempt at one) you need to be quite specific when detailing the scenario. Take the time to outline stuff like "ALL the chipstacks on your table"... "the position of the person who open-shoves"... "history vs. this player".... "our chipstack size".. "size of the blinds"... "where we're sitting on the table for the hand in play" etc. etc.
 
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if agro/fish - call
if tight/pass - fold
might need adjustments thou. Even iа it's a fish, you should calculate what that call will do in terms of stack size, if agro-maniac got you coverd you will bust against 72o, while this shove from him is not as dangerous for him as this call is dangerous for you
 
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How big is your stack in relationship to the blinds?
 
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here still need to understand how much important this trnir for you if you can not fight with him and you have a chance of 50 to 50 that you win, and if it is very important it is better to lose.
 
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Simple fold. As Negreanu said: "AK-it is not the hand." We need to play as much as possible post-flop play. AK - weaker all pocket pairs preflop. Play a coin on the bubble a bad example.
 
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I would fold cuz AK is strong but if he has any pair and nothing comes up ill lose and wont be in the money
 
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Easy fold. There are no any "depend"s here.
 
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Depends on your stack size vs villain's stack, your position at the table and your place in the tournament.
 
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If I had AK and bigger stack went all in I'm folding... However if I had AA, KK, QQ that's tough spot. I'm aiming to get to final table anyway, so I'd probably call with big pairs. It depends on the situation really..... what read you have on big stack player, is he using the bubble to steal etc etc
 
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Since the player with more chips than you Bursts all in, there is a chance you will become the Bubble boy, so Fold, no doubt! :deal:
 
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Simple fold. As Negreanu said: "AK-it is not the hand." We need to play as much as possible post-flop play. AK - weaker all pocket pairs preflop. Play a coin on the bubble a bad example.
What if you only have 5 BBs and your opponent has 6 BBs. Are you folding AK here, even though you practically crush a 6 BB shove range?
 
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It is better to fold , or with any pair you have less chance of winning , especially if the tournament bubble
 
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I don't even need to know effective BBs to tell most of you are MTT bubble nits if most the main reason most of you would fold is "Bigger stack might bust you, so fold or you'll be the bubble boy."

I guess most of you would fold a 3 BB stack if a player with a 50 BB stack jams before you, right? Because the big stack could bust you...

Enjoy those min-cashes.
 
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I have red something weeks ago about the bubble. In the article says that when the bubble comes you have to be cautious. Dont play hands that youre not sure for it, and get yourself in bad situations. Be care of the bigger stacked players, and try to take the low stacks and tired players.
Ill read more here about it.
 
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