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RogerBezerk
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I have actually read about and discussed this a few times with some other players, but I have never had to deal with this decision UNTIL...
Last night I was in a satellite at Stars and there were 35 players left with 28 getting the entry in to the next tourney and 29th getting the leftovers. I had about 11,000 in chips and the blinds were like 200-400 or close to that. A short stack had like 2,500 and moved all-in. I had intentions of calling here with my AA from the button. Then the chipleader at my table reraised enough to cover me. (he had about 33,000) It was very tough to do, but from this position I could most likely sitout and get the entry. I decided to fold my AA and hope that the poker universe would not frown on me and curse me to a year of 3 outters crushing me. I did get the entry about 10 minutes later. Just wondering if anyone else has ever dumped 'em preflop?
BTW the shortstack had JJ and the chipleader had KK. All blanks and my aces WOULD have held up. Oh well
Last night I was in a satellite at Stars and there were 35 players left with 28 getting the entry in to the next tourney and 29th getting the leftovers. I had about 11,000 in chips and the blinds were like 200-400 or close to that. A short stack had like 2,500 and moved all-in. I had intentions of calling here with my AA from the button. Then the chipleader at my table reraised enough to cover me. (he had about 33,000) It was very tough to do, but from this position I could most likely sitout and get the entry. I decided to fold my AA and hope that the poker universe would not frown on me and curse me to a year of 3 outters crushing me. I did get the entry about 10 minutes later. Just wondering if anyone else has ever dumped 'em preflop?
BTW the shortstack had JJ and the chipleader had KK. All blanks and my aces WOULD have held up. Oh well