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benaars
Joined: 03.06.2010

Hi there!

Here we are slowly approaching final table, payouts were from place nr 7 so not quite the bubble yet. I had only ~12 big blinds and could easily open shoved but decided against it. Mainly because a player on my left is a good reg (he knows I minraise a ton LP and has decent 3bet stat) and the BB have been 3betting lately.
Do you still suggest its better just pushing 12bb's? (I do think I am going to do that from now on since I feel opponents can play back at me easily and it's hard for me to continue on boards I dont hit)
PKR, $20 Buy-in (350/700 blinds, 85 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 7 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

MP2: 13,192 (18.8 bb)
MP3: 11,928 (17 bb)
Hero (CO): 8,210 (11.7 bb)
BTN: 24,232 (34.6 bb)
SB: 16,266 (23.2 bb)
BB: 14,058 (20.1 bb)
MP1: 13,684 (19.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A K
3 folds, Hero raises to 1,400, 2 folds, BB calls 700

Flop: (3,745) 7 J 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets 1,425, BB raises to 4,723, Hero folds

p.s.Villain is 33/11 aggro 0.7 over 46 hands


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Hi,

I would just shove it pre-flop unless BB is nit who would not play back to you.
You´re shortstack and if you miss flop you´re left 6800 which gives away your shove equity.
Also I doubt that players would play you back on A and K high boards, so I would just shove pre-flop as I would do my top 15% hands and be happy to take down 1600 pot which would increase your fold equity and gives you option not play single hand next 15-30 hands.

As played. fold is fine, but since most players would not c/r there Jx I think I would just shove. You should see bluffs or air quite often and you always have some fold equity+ fine overall equity.

best regards,


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benaars
Joined: 03.06.2010

Thanks Kaitz!

Do you mean (as played) to shove as a Cbet? or against ch/r? It really affected my decision on the spot when I saw his aggression factor <1


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Originally posted by benaars
Thanks Kaitz!

Do you mean (as played) to shove as a Cbet? or against ch/r? It really affected my decision on the spot when I saw his aggression factor <1

Against more aggressive players c-bet/shove is likely better option. Against 33/11 with 0,7 af I would also just b/f, since they are not going to c/r their gutshots or air.

best regards,


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chenny8888
Joined: 03.10.2007

Against middling aggressive players you can also check back and click the call button on later streets a bunch of times.

That's generally my play. I don't have enough hands to conclude how aggressive someone is so if they're a fish I just check back flop.

As for preflop: I think if you play OK postflop it's fine to minraise instead of shove. But you have to be EXTREMELY confident with these spots! They're very common!


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