ckingriches
Lucky Multiple League MVP
Silver Level
The other day I was playing a 9 player SNG (non-turbo $10+1), and it took long enough that the blinds became pretty large, even with 4 of us still left. I had the largest stack, but not by a whole lot.
The player to my right had been pretty quiet, only playing a few hands at opportune times. I had checked, and he was currently registered in 14 other 9SNGs. At some point he started going all in every time I was in the big blind when the other two had folded. In fact, this happened 8 times in a row as the blinds increased and the other two happened to fold into my BB. I held my own by playing the other positions smartly, but eventually he overtook me for the chip lead as I folded for the 9th and 10th times with KQ and A7 suited.
A couple rounds later I eventually drew AQ and called his all in, surviving his two live cards. A hand or two later I took him out with AQ again. I ended up finishing 2nd after being outdrawn, but that isn't the point.
My question is whether I should have handled this any differently. Clearly this guy was going to go all in from that position every time. And probably the other two had decided they could wait for one of us to knock down the other to ensure they cash. I didn't want to go against him unless I was pretty sure I was favored, and it didn't take long for him to figure that out. Any constructive advice would be appreciated.
The player to my right had been pretty quiet, only playing a few hands at opportune times. I had checked, and he was currently registered in 14 other 9SNGs. At some point he started going all in every time I was in the big blind when the other two had folded. In fact, this happened 8 times in a row as the blinds increased and the other two happened to fold into my BB. I held my own by playing the other positions smartly, but eventually he overtook me for the chip lead as I folded for the 9th and 10th times with KQ and A7 suited.
A couple rounds later I eventually drew AQ and called his all in, surviving his two live cards. A hand or two later I took him out with AQ again. I ended up finishing 2nd after being outdrawn, but that isn't the point.
My question is whether I should have handled this any differently. Clearly this guy was going to go all in from that position every time. And probably the other two had decided they could wait for one of us to knock down the other to ensure they cash. I didn't want to go against him unless I was pretty sure I was favored, and it didn't take long for him to figure that out. Any constructive advice would be appreciated.