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WillinNewHaven
Rising Star
Silver Level
This could be a cash-game question also but pre-flop decisions for your stack, or the other guy's stack, are more common in tourneys so I will post this here.
First of all, there have been two incidents when I put a player on Aces and only Aces but the circumstances were rare. In _both_ cases a cagey old moron said something like "I guess it's time to go home" and shoved in early position with a reasonable stack when we were already in the money.
The first time this happened, I had already folded a bad hand (I do that on occasion) but he got three callers. He had Aces.
The second time someone did that I had Aces but I was still sure he had Aces and I called and said "Chop?" when we turned over our hands and he had Aces.
Normally, I have never put anyone on a range stronger than QQ+/AK, which is enough to get me to fold Queens unless I needed to play them against that range. It wouldn't be tragic to fold Queens against that range because you lose often enough to AK so it's a decision about your remaining stack and whether you can continue with it.
I would be tragic to fold Kings against that range and I don't.
First of all, there have been two incidents when I put a player on Aces and only Aces but the circumstances were rare. In _both_ cases a cagey old moron said something like "I guess it's time to go home" and shoved in early position with a reasonable stack when we were already in the money.
The first time this happened, I had already folded a bad hand (I do that on occasion) but he got three callers. He had Aces.
The second time someone did that I had Aces but I was still sure he had Aces and I called and said "Chop?" when we turned over our hands and he had Aces.
Normally, I have never put anyone on a range stronger than QQ+/AK, which is enough to get me to fold Queens unless I needed to play them against that range. It wouldn't be tragic to fold Queens against that range because you lose often enough to AK so it's a decision about your remaining stack and whether you can continue with it.
I would be tragic to fold Kings against that range and I don't.