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SnG - Push or fold against regulars

by Shakin65

As SnG player, you can never get enough of push or fold. For a little relaxation in between, I bring to you a couple of hands from my database where I'm confronted with more or less tricky decisions against other regulars.

The solution will also show you how I chose to play and how it finally ended; I probably wouldn't play some of them the same way after this follow-up.

Question 1:

Poker Stars 38$ Turbo No-Limit Hold’em Tournament
Blinds: t200/t400 (Ante: t25) 3 players

Stacks:

Button: t3287
SB: t1896
Hero: t8317

Pre-flop: (3 players) Hero is BB with T 9
Button folds, SB raises all-in t1871, Hero ?

Call or fold? The opponent is Dchild10, 5% ROI over 2000 SNGs.



Question 2:

Poker Stars 38$ Turbo No-Limit Hold’em Tournament
Blinds: t75/t150 7 players

Stacks:

UTG: t2975
UTG+1: t1948
Hero: t3265
CO: t1110
Button: t1825
SB: t637
BB: t1740

Pre-flop: (7 players) Hero is MP1 with Q K
2 folds, Hero ?

Push, raise or fold? The SB has a 3% ROI over less than 1000 SnGs. The BB has 12% over a little more than 1000 SnGs.




Question 3:

Poker Stars 38$ Turbo No-Limit Hold’em Tournament
Blinds: t200/t400 (Ante: t25) 3 players

Stacks:

Button: t3817
Hero: t6421
BB: t3262

Pre-flop: (3 players) Hero is SB with A 3
Button raises all-in t3792, Hero ?

Same opponent as in question 1 (Dchild10).



Question 4:

Poker Stars 38$ Turbo No-Limit Hold’em Tournament
Blinds: t100/t200 5 players

Stacks:

UTG: t3830
CO: t4725
Hero: t930
SB: t3275
BB: t740

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with 4 8
2 folds,Hero ?

The player in the SB is slipperily, with a 3% ROI over 10,000 SnGs. In the BB we find NEADY05, a 9% ROI player over 15,000 SnGs.



Question 5:

Poker Stars 38$ Turbo No-Limit Hold‘em Tournament
Blinds: t100/t200 (Ante: t25) 4 players

Stacks:

UTG: t5775
Hero: t3720
SB: t2045
BB: t1960

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is Button with K 5
UTG folds, Hero ?

Same opponents in the blinds as the in the previous question (slipperily and NEADY05). Push or fold?



Problem 6.

Poker Stars 38$ Turbo No-Limit Hold‘em Tournament
Blinds: t200/t400 (Ante: t25) 4 players

Stacks:

Hero: t3695
Button: t2320
SB: t1735
BB: t5750

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is UTG with A 9
Hero ?

We have the same opponents yet again (slipperily und
NEADY05), this time in the BU and the SB. The player in the BB is Whatihad now, a player that lost quite a lot of money on the high stakes and from whom I've seen a number of loose calls from the BB.



Question 7:

Poker Stars 27$ Turbo No-Limit Hold‘em Tournament
Blinds: t100/t200 (Ante: t25) 6 players

Stacks:

Hero: t2440
UTG+1: t1210
CO: t1455
Button: t4225
SB: t1610
BB: t2560

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with 4 4
Hero ?

The player in the BB is rawie_poker, winning player with 7% ROI over 2000 SnGs.