do you hate this? AQs OTB near bubble of 4/180

[vanquish]

no reads/numbers on villain, have only been at table about 5 hands, won one with AQ > shorties AT

25 players left, 18 paid, i am CL of entire tournament


pokerstars Game #15287850547: Tournament #77427369, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2008/02/14 - 17:53:36 (ET)
Table '77427369 7' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: trebron4 (4222 in chips)
Seat 2: extremschufa (3775 in chips)
Seat 3: Reiner878 (6345 in chips)
Seat 4: 9|$JeFF$|9 (8900 in chips)
Seat 5: Karacho9 (10385 in chips)
Seat 6: lukaszxnyx77 (11554 in chips)
Seat 7: KillTheJoker (15522 in chips)
Seat 8: PPasca (10065 in chips)
Seat 9: vanq (25688 in chips)
trebron4: posts the ante 25
extremschufa: posts the ante 25
Reiner878: posts the ante 25
9|$JeFF$|9: posts the ante 25
Karacho9: posts the ante 25
lukaszxnyx77: posts the ante 25
KillTheJoker: posts the ante 25
PPasca: posts the ante 25
vanq: posts the ante 25
trebron4: posts small blind 200
extremschufa: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to vanq [Ad Qd]
Reiner878: raises 1200 to 1600
9|$JeFF$|9: folds
Karacho9: folds
lukaszxnyx77: folds
KillTheJoker: folds
PPasca: folds
vanq: calls 1600
trebron4: folds
extremschufa: folds
*** FLOP *** [3h Ts Jd]
Reiner878: checks
vanq: bets 4800 and would put villain all-in
...

 

[OzExorcist]

Problem for me is that it's really obvious what you're doing: you're overbetting the pot to pretty much exactly the amount villain has left.

Of course, quite often it'll work despite the transparency - you're saying "Betchya don't have a hand", and often their answer will be "You're right, I don't, I fold". If you get called you're likely behind, but you should still have outs so...

I dunno. I don't hate it, but if we're going to make this play I might be more inclined to put them in pre-flop instead.

 

[burntrider]

good move as chip leader. but if you do lose this, its time to tighten up the play. its doubtful he'll call so close to the button with a marginal hand, nor top pair w/ low kicker. honestly, i'm gonna say that villain folded. I mean he could think you're trying to bully, but who wants to risk their stack on a hunch.

 

[Emperor IX]

I like this, it's what chip leaders are suppose to do: apply pressure.

 

[blankoblanco]

good move as chip leader. but if you do lose this, its time to tighten up the play. its doubtful he'll call so close to the button with a marginal hand, nor top pair w/ low kicker. honestly, i'm gonna say that villain folded. I mean he could think you're trying to bully, but who wants to risk their stack on a hunch.

he raised 4BB utg. if he has a pair, he doesn't have a "low kicker" ever, and villain check/folding a T or a J here with the pot representing close to his stack would be quite bad

that being said, i still think it's good. should fold out his medium pairs 77-99, and got outs if called