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Swodaems
Enthusiast
Silver Level
This happened in Carbonpoker monthly 50k freeroll. Top 300 places pay out, and there are 176 players left. this is a minibubble as payout for 176th is $20, and payout for 175th is $25. I am currently ranked 139th/176 with about 10000 in chips with blinds at 600/1200. 6 hands ago, I had 1000, but won two big hands to put myself back in the running, however I am still very much in the short stack mindset. (I got queens in MP and more than doubled up when only the BB called my less than 1 bb shove. I then got 96 in BB, board came down q66, I checked the flop, then shoved when the sb raised Q10 on the turn.)
Then comes my SB and I find myself looking down at Jacks. Action folds to the guy directly across from me. (This is a 10 handed table by the way and he has about 16000 in chips.) He 3-bets, making me put him on either a high Ace or a lower pair. (I'm 90%+ sure that this is a high Ace (AQ or AK, maybe AJ if I'm lucky) from my read on the guy.) Action folds to the button, (who has 2000 in chips after I short stacked him last hand,) who shoves allin. This means very little to me as his range for shoving is almost anything after last hand.
My first instinct in this situation is to shove and try to get the 3-better of his high ace. However he may call anyway since he can afford to, putting me and him in a near coinflip situation on a minibubble. However, judicious use of my timebank should give the other tables enough time to eliminate someone.
If I merely call his 3bet, than I will having to make decisions against a player with position on me. I will also likely be pot commited with that much of my stack on the table.
As far as the option of folding goes, I have only once folded JJ preflop and I don't this will be the second time.
Can I get the numbers and your opinions for my proposed options?
(for those of you wondering about the BB, he has 3200 in chips including the BB he has on the table. He is a fairly timid player and is probably going to fold anything less than QQ in this situation.)
Then comes my SB and I find myself looking down at Jacks. Action folds to the guy directly across from me. (This is a 10 handed table by the way and he has about 16000 in chips.) He 3-bets, making me put him on either a high Ace or a lower pair. (I'm 90%+ sure that this is a high Ace (AQ or AK, maybe AJ if I'm lucky) from my read on the guy.) Action folds to the button, (who has 2000 in chips after I short stacked him last hand,) who shoves allin. This means very little to me as his range for shoving is almost anything after last hand.
My first instinct in this situation is to shove and try to get the 3-better of his high ace. However he may call anyway since he can afford to, putting me and him in a near coinflip situation on a minibubble. However, judicious use of my timebank should give the other tables enough time to eliminate someone.
If I merely call his 3bet, than I will having to make decisions against a player with position on me. I will also likely be pot commited with that much of my stack on the table.
As far as the option of folding goes, I have only once folded JJ preflop and I don't this will be the second time.
Can I get the numbers and your opinions for my proposed options?
(for those of you wondering about the BB, he has 3200 in chips including the BB he has on the table. He is a fairly timid player and is probably going to fold anything less than QQ in this situation.)