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Blind defense against overwhelming chip leader

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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

IPoker, 2,000/4,000 blinds, 400 ante No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 7 Players
(POKERSTRATEGY.COM daily freeroll)

< 50 hands on each -- I think stack sizes more important here -- is that correct?

Hero (BB): 92,487.50 (23.1 bb)
MP1: 27,865 (7 bb)
MP2: 119,382.44 (29.8 bb)
MP3: 99,702.50 (24.9 bb)
CO: 45,300 (11.3 bb)
BTN: 226,688.82 (56.7 bb) 39/16/23/5 v/p/3/af <== has been min-raising a lot esp in pos
SB: 111,573.74 (27.9 bb)

Hero M: 11
BTN M: 27

Preflop: Hero is BB with K:d J:c
4 folds, BTN raises to 8,875, SB folds, Hero raises to 92,087.50 and is all-in, BTN folds

tbh, I shoved mainly because I don't see how I'm going to have any fold equity otherwise, especially post-flop.
Also, in a cash game, I would defend with this, I think I have SOME equity if he calls.

I have no experience at all being this deep -- is my stack big enough to just raise this?
I was surprised at the fold, because villain can lose and still be top dog.


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Backcushion
Joined: 29.12.2007

Yes,shove sounds good.Good spot to resteal imo,given the image of villian.Whenever you reach around 25bb,you should be looking for spots like this to resteal.


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gordy1957
Joined: 01.04.2010

depends on how villain plays post flop.If he is aggressive then shove is best option,but if he is passive you could call and take a half pot stab at any flop and take the pot down a lot of the time without risking your whole stack.
Cheers Gordy


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Asaban
Joined: 22.09.2006

Perfect resteal spot with a perfect stacksize. Your stack should be between 15 to 25BB for a resteal to be most efficient. This spot is perfect against most opponents that are open raising from late position (as long as they don't have very nitty stats). Against your very active opponent it's an absolute perfect play that you can execute with an extremely wide range.

Important:
- your own stack should be between 15 and 25BB
- your opponent opens in late position and is not extremely tight (if another player calls the situation gets even better and more profitable)
- your opponents' stack is between 20 and 60BB (otherwise your foldequity might be way lower)
- there is no shortstack in the hand or your own hand is good enough to perform against the shortstacks' range

Regards,
Asaban


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