KT, shortstacked ITM

[ChuckTs]

Blinds have just gone up; we've been pretty aggressive pushing players around, as has everyone else. The player raising has been taking liberties with stealing my blinds nearly every round the last ~4 orbits, and we haven't had hands good enough to resteal against him yet. His stats are really tight since the beginning of the final table (~10/10/2), but in the last ~20 hands he's been LAG just like the rest of us and his stats are very decieving.

Another thing I think I should mention is that in general he wouldn't minraise; it was either raise 3BB+ or fold. The player to my left has been the tightest since we've been ITM (5 ppl paid) and I think villain is just trying to make a cheap steal at his blind.

Waddaya think; good enough to resteal with? Do we even have enough fold equity to make this play?

pokerstars GAME #8400651556: TOURNAMENT #42813851, $10+$1 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL X (400/800) - 2007/02/12 - 02:01:04 (ET)
Table '42813851 2' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: Brambino (14415 in chips)
Seat 3: ChuckTs (6550 in chips)
Seat 5: rpc54 (8815 in chips)
Seat 8: 123smile (10720 in chips)
Brambino: posts the ante 50
ChuckTs: posts the ante 50
rpc54: posts the ante 50
123smile: posts the ante 50
ChuckTs: posts small blind 400
rpc54: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ChuckTs [Td Kc]
123smile: folds
Brambino: raises 800 to 1600
ChuckTs:...

 

[shinedown.45]

I would call, it is after all only a min-raise.
If you hit the K on the flop then push all-in.
you may be short stacked but never count yourself out.

 

[joosebuck]

stop and go might work better than a reshove.

 

[Dorkus Malorkus]

stop and go might work better than a reshove.

^ This

 

[ChuckTs]

Forgot to post results:

Brambino: raises 800 to 1600
ChuckTs: raises 4900 to 6500 and is all-in
rpc54: folds
Brambino: calls 4900
*** FLOP *** [3c 7c 5s]
*** TURN *** [3c 7c 5s] 7♥
*** RIVER *** [3c 7c 5s 7h] 2♣
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChuckTs: shows [Td Kc] (a pair of Sevens)
Brambino: shows [6h Ad] (a pair of Sevens - Ace kicker)
Brambino collected 14000 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14000 | Rake 0
Board [3c 7c 5s 7h 2c]
Seat 2: Brambino (button) showed [6h Ad] and won (14000) with a pair of Sevens
Seat 3: ChuckTs (small blind) showed [Td Kc] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 5: rpc54 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: 123smile folded before Flop (didn't bet)

EDIT: to be honest, I'm really not too familiar with the stop n go strategy. I do understand it, but really have never tried it. Will do in the future though...

 

[stormswa]

well

stop and go would not of mattered if he would call 4900 with A6 preflop he would of called 4900 on flop with gutshot.

 

[JosephDel]

I think you can look for much better spots.

You HAVE to be the aggressor with that kinda hand, and you do not have a big enough stack for him to fold after you push.

K 10 is so easily smashed by so many hands that he makes the exact same bet with. A K, K Q, K J, A 10 and pp 10,10 or higher.

You really must push first with this type of hand, if somebody beats you to it then fold and wait for a better spot.

You need a hand that is not likely dominated to play this hand (something like a suited conector 6,7-7,8, 8-9.

 

[ChuckTs]

I think you can look for much better spots.

You HAVE to be the aggressor with that kinda hand, and you do not have a big enough stack for him to fold after you push.

K 10 is so easily smashed by so many hands that he makes the exact same bet with. A K, K Q, K J, A 10 and pp 10,10 or higher.

You really must push first with this type of hand, if somebody beats you to it then fold and wait for a better spot.

You need a hand that is not likely dominated to play this hand (something like a suited conector 6,7-7,8, 8-9.

Agreed, and good point with the SCs being a better hand to get my $ in with.

This was a little while ago, but I think the hand was right in the middle of a pretty big card drought and I must have made a frustration push there thinking that I wouldn't get good enough hands to get my money in anywhere in the near future.