+/- $EV "Gamble"

21.08.2010, 08:28 0

Poker Stars, $3 + $0.40 NL Hold'em Tournament, 15/30 Blinds, 9 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BTN: 655
Hero (SB): 1,350
BB: 1,610
UTG: 955
UTG+1: 3,240
UTG+2: 1,405
MP1: 1,370
MP2: 1,595
CO: 1,320

Pre-Flop: (45) Q♦ A♥ dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG calls 30, 2 folds, MP1 calls 30, MP2 calls 30, CO folds, BTN raises to 655 and is All-In, Hero raises to 1,350 and is All-In, 4 folds

Hi everyone,

Player who goes all-in tends to be a loose donkey and will be shoving pretty wide here.. The question is if I can call here + $EV? because we are still in the early stage and although I'm pretty ahead against his AI range I can still lose and become short stack and thus, decreasing my chance of going ITM.. Would it be better to wait for better opportunities here?

Any feedback is highly appreciated..

4 replies

Steelbrewer

Joined: 22.04.2009

Posts: 580

21.08.2010, 10:58 0

If he's shoving any Ax then that's auto overpush. Take his money before others do.

_Anonymous_

21.08.2010, 14:26 0

This is one of those situtaions where I would like to know how he lost most of his chips and
how long ago he lost them. If he lost with pocket aces say and he lost a long time ago and
he has been playing tight since losing then I would think this person is shoving for value
and showing strength.

99.9% of cases though playing micro SNGs this is not the case. The person lost by playing like
a donkey and now thinks shoving will collect all the dead money from limps even though they
do not even know it is called dead money and when you push over here you find some trash
hand that had no business being all in here in the first place.

So I am happy to push here with all the dead money plus the donkeys stack unless the above
happens which has never happened to me yet on any buy in lower than $6.50.

_Anonymous_

21.08.2010, 21:55 0

Originally posted by 8979687
The person lost by playing like
a donkey and now thinks shoving will collect all the dead money from limps even though they
do not even know it is called dead money and when you push over here you find some trash
hand that had no business being all in here in the first place.

This.

chenny8888

Joined: 03.10.2007

Posts: 17,729

22.08.2010, 15:21 0

Hi all,

Originally posted by DonCorleone369

Originally posted by 8979687
The person lost by playing like
a donkey and now thinks shoving will collect all the dead money from limps even though they
do not even know it is called dead money and when you push over here you find some trash
hand that had no business being all in here in the first place.

This.

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