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Wickedestjr
Rock Star
Silver Level
Context: The tournament started with 995 players. Starting stack is 1,500. A fast three minute level structure. I have survived to the top 642 with 3,888 as my total. All of the other stacks at my table are 1,000-1,500 with the exception of one other big stack, the villain, with just about 4,000. The villain is playing a very aggressive big stack bully style. I have a reasonably tight image. The shorter stacks are playing very tight. The blinds are 75-150 with a 15 ante.
The hand: I am dealt Ac 8c from under the gun. I raise to 450 from under the gun knowing that there's a good chance everyone folds to me. Villain calls from the small blind and we're heads up. The pot = 1185.
The flop comes;
Qh 9c 5c
I have a flush draw AND an over card. I know that either it's a coin flip or I have him dominated. It is Villain's turn to act and he bets the pot; 1185. This is a huge bet and a tough decision for me.
Option 1: Fold. I could have folded, but my hand has significant potential and there's a reasonable chance that Villain is bluffing here.
Option 2: Call. I could have called, but that's a third of my stack just to see one more card. I know I have about a 45% chance of winning, but only a 20-25% chance of winning on the turn, then my odds drop drastically. Calling doesn't seem like enough.
Option 3: Shove. If he is bluffing, I win the huge pot. If he really has a good hand, then there's an almost 50-50 chance of winning an even larger pot.
So I shoved all in, he called with Qs 4c, and I couldn't catch an ace or club on the turn or river. I've busted.
This was a disappointment, however, because I had a big stack, partial control of my table, and the possibility of running deep- but I cannot see what I've done wrong.
The hand: I am dealt Ac 8c from under the gun. I raise to 450 from under the gun knowing that there's a good chance everyone folds to me. Villain calls from the small blind and we're heads up. The pot = 1185.
The flop comes;
Qh 9c 5c
I have a flush draw AND an over card. I know that either it's a coin flip or I have him dominated. It is Villain's turn to act and he bets the pot; 1185. This is a huge bet and a tough decision for me.
Option 1: Fold. I could have folded, but my hand has significant potential and there's a reasonable chance that Villain is bluffing here.
Option 2: Call. I could have called, but that's a third of my stack just to see one more card. I know I have about a 45% chance of winning, but only a 20-25% chance of winning on the turn, then my odds drop drastically. Calling doesn't seem like enough.
Option 3: Shove. If he is bluffing, I win the huge pot. If he really has a good hand, then there's an almost 50-50 chance of winning an even larger pot.
So I shoved all in, he called with Qs 4c, and I couldn't catch an ace or club on the turn or river. I've busted.
This was a disappointment, however, because I had a big stack, partial control of my table, and the possibility of running deep- but I cannot see what I've done wrong.
