BKrywko1
Rock Star
Silver Level
The only small site that I have a few bucks on is Jungle Poker, and I like to play in their cheap-ass bounty tournaments when I get the chance. Half of the buy-in goes into the main tournament prize pool, and half goes to the bounty pool, in this case.
First hand of this tournament last night (90 or so players), and UTG with the blinds 10/20, we get 10-10 - obviously, we can't just limp in here, so we do a standard pre-flop raise. We get one caller, then the button jams all-in here - we now have a decision to make with 1 person behind us...what do you do here. and why? There are no wrong answers to the 2 questions I asked, because each situation plays itself out differently.
In this case, here's how I analyzed the situation:
- Would a player with a big pocket pair put in that much of a reraise on the first hand, especially if he wanted a call? Or is he trying to bully the table early with a small pair or an AK/AQ type hand? This smells like a bet trying to take it down early with 2 overs.
- If we decide that the player has 2 overs, we're still a favorite over his hand - I'll get my money in good, every time, if I can help it.
- We have no idea if the other player left to act after me has some sort of hand - just calling the first raise doesn't give me a lot of information as to what he or she has. Could be small pair looking to hit a set, could be 2 overs, could even be rags...hell, could potentially be a big pair, with the player hoping to trap post-flop. If we call, leave it up to chance that you're not beat by the 3rd player entering the pot.
Oh yeah, it's only a $2 tournament - and the kwality of play is fishy, to say the least, on this site. I decided that the first player had AK/AQ, and decided to take the coin flip. 3rd player entered the pot with 8-8 - lucky for me, my 10s held, and I earned 2 bounties on the first hand...nice!
Tough situation to be in, and was fortunate that my thinking was correct in this particular example.
First hand of this tournament last night (90 or so players), and UTG with the blinds 10/20, we get 10-10 - obviously, we can't just limp in here, so we do a standard pre-flop raise. We get one caller, then the button jams all-in here - we now have a decision to make with 1 person behind us...what do you do here. and why? There are no wrong answers to the 2 questions I asked, because each situation plays itself out differently.
In this case, here's how I analyzed the situation:
- Would a player with a big pocket pair put in that much of a reraise on the first hand, especially if he wanted a call? Or is he trying to bully the table early with a small pair or an AK/AQ type hand? This smells like a bet trying to take it down early with 2 overs.
- If we decide that the player has 2 overs, we're still a favorite over his hand - I'll get my money in good, every time, if I can help it.
- We have no idea if the other player left to act after me has some sort of hand - just calling the first raise doesn't give me a lot of information as to what he or she has. Could be small pair looking to hit a set, could be 2 overs, could even be rags...hell, could potentially be a big pair, with the player hoping to trap post-flop. If we call, leave it up to chance that you're not beat by the 3rd player entering the pot.
Oh yeah, it's only a $2 tournament - and the kwality of play is fishy, to say the least, on this site. I decided that the first player had AK/AQ, and decided to take the coin flip. 3rd player entered the pot with 8-8 - lucky for me, my 10s held, and I earned 2 bounties on the first hand...nice!
Tough situation to be in, and was fortunate that my thinking was correct in this particular example.
