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Alright, what would you do in this situation?
(I couldn't find a converter that worked, so I'll try to make it readable manually).
Final table of a MTT freeroll with 171 entries. 5 players left. 4k/8k blinds and 400 antes. I'm IVB.
[UTG] gonzalo2009 43.975
[MP] jamesdm29 95.507,39
[BTN] IVB 167.629,73
[SB] Endorio 108.957,88
[BB] trackerb0b 11.430
The SB was slightly loose, the player UTG was tight. I was playing mostly tight, but had gotten a few uncontested pots recently.
Hand #698794328 begins at 2010/05/11
jamesdm29 posts the ante of 400
IVB posts the ante of 400
Endorio posts the ante of 400
trackerb0b posts the ante of 400
gonzalo2009 posts the ante of 400
Dealing down cards
Dealt to IVB [Kd Ad]
Endorio posts the small blind of 4,000
trackerb0b posts the big blind of 8,000
gonzalo2009 calls 8,000.
jamesdm29 folds.
IVB raises to 24,000.
Endorio raises to 108,557.88, and is all-in.
trackerb0b calls 3,030, and is all-in.
gonzalo2009 calls 35,575, and is all-in.
What I thought:
Really weird call by the player UTG considering his stack size. Any hand he would be willing to play should be played all-in in that situation. Even if he had a high pair and wanted to encourage action, at least a minimum raise would be expected. That, of course, if he was a good player. Since he wasn't, he didn't care about his stack size and kept his passive style (he almost never raised). Considering his tight style, I put him on jacks, tens, AQ or AK (though a little less probable since I already had a king), I thought even him would raise with aces, kings or queens.
The SB's raise was a little scarier. He was looser but in that situation he was facing a limper and a raise by the large stack. Plus, he had a healthy stack, he wasn't desperate to make a move. Big statement by him. However, if he really had a big hand like a high pair, the intelligent play would be to just call, check after the flop and wait for my bet (I was playing aggressively the pots I entered). Then he could keep slow-playing or do his check-raise. I interpreted this all-in as a "You're not going to keep pushing me around" move since recently I stole some blinds from him. So, I figured he was probably playing some weaker hand like an ace smaller than mine (to which I would be a huge favorite), two face cards (favorite again) or a medium to small pair (coin flip).
The BB's play didn't matter, considering his situation.
The player UTG calls, which would be reasonable for any of the hands I put him in, considering his stack size. He needed to double up and this was his chance.
So, I called. I only really needed to beat the SB to win money and if I lost I'd still have over 58k chips.
I'll tell what happened later so it doesn't influence any opinion. I'm interested not only in what you'd do here, but also in what you think about my reads.
(I couldn't find a converter that worked, so I'll try to make it readable manually).
Final table of a MTT freeroll with 171 entries. 5 players left. 4k/8k blinds and 400 antes. I'm IVB.
[UTG] gonzalo2009 43.975
[MP] jamesdm29 95.507,39
[BTN] IVB 167.629,73
[SB] Endorio 108.957,88
[BB] trackerb0b 11.430
The SB was slightly loose, the player UTG was tight. I was playing mostly tight, but had gotten a few uncontested pots recently.
Hand #698794328 begins at 2010/05/11
jamesdm29 posts the ante of 400
IVB posts the ante of 400
Endorio posts the ante of 400
trackerb0b posts the ante of 400
gonzalo2009 posts the ante of 400
Dealing down cards
Dealt to IVB [Kd Ad]
Endorio posts the small blind of 4,000
trackerb0b posts the big blind of 8,000
gonzalo2009 calls 8,000.
jamesdm29 folds.
IVB raises to 24,000.
Endorio raises to 108,557.88, and is all-in.
trackerb0b calls 3,030, and is all-in.
gonzalo2009 calls 35,575, and is all-in.
What I thought:
Really weird call by the player UTG considering his stack size. Any hand he would be willing to play should be played all-in in that situation. Even if he had a high pair and wanted to encourage action, at least a minimum raise would be expected. That, of course, if he was a good player. Since he wasn't, he didn't care about his stack size and kept his passive style (he almost never raised). Considering his tight style, I put him on jacks, tens, AQ or AK (though a little less probable since I already had a king), I thought even him would raise with aces, kings or queens.
The SB's raise was a little scarier. He was looser but in that situation he was facing a limper and a raise by the large stack. Plus, he had a healthy stack, he wasn't desperate to make a move. Big statement by him. However, if he really had a big hand like a high pair, the intelligent play would be to just call, check after the flop and wait for my bet (I was playing aggressively the pots I entered). Then he could keep slow-playing or do his check-raise. I interpreted this all-in as a "You're not going to keep pushing me around" move since recently I stole some blinds from him. So, I figured he was probably playing some weaker hand like an ace smaller than mine (to which I would be a huge favorite), two face cards (favorite again) or a medium to small pair (coin flip).
The BB's play didn't matter, considering his situation.
The player UTG calls, which would be reasonable for any of the hands I put him in, considering his stack size. He needed to double up and this was his chance.
So, I called. I only really needed to beat the SB to win money and if I lost I'd still have over 58k chips.
I'll tell what happened later so it doesn't influence any opinion. I'm interested not only in what you'd do here, but also in what you think about my reads.
