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$5 2R 1A - Pokerstars - What do we do?

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  1. thabirdman thabirdman is offline

    Brampton
    Canada

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    Aug 4th, 2010 (8/4/2010 1:21am)

    Just looking for some input here this hand. I have trouble ranging opponents in this situation. Image = Tight (or it should be) Do we just Flat the 3bet and shove any non Ace non King flop OR do I ship it in??

    OR - if my thought is way off, what should I be doing??


    pokerstars Game #47676425359: Tournament #324010672, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (625/1250) - 2010/08/03 20:13:01 ET
    Table '324010672 21' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
    Seat 1: Nikotin77 (65859 in chips)
    Seat 2: HalvieHoek (2490 in chips) is sitting out
    Seat 3: thabirdman (31689 in chips)
    Seat 4: ship_th_chip (34552 in chips)
    Seat 5: noveas2002 (26466 in chips)
    Seat 6: Tomschluck (34296 in chips)
    Seat 7: Shiva9 (21679 in chips)
    Seat 8: nilsson (22129 in chips)
    Seat 9: hygrometer (33705 in chips)
    Nikotin77: posts the ante 150
    HalvieHoek: posts the ante 150
    thabirdman: posts the ante 150
    ship_th_chip: posts the ante 150
    noveas2002: posts the ante 150
    Tomschluck: posts the ante 150
    Shiva9: posts the ante 150
    nilsson: posts the ante 150
    hygrometer: posts the ante 150
    hygrometer: posts small blind 625
    Nikotin77: posts big blind 1250
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to thabirdman [Qd Qs]
    HalvieHoek: folds
    thabirdman: raises 2150 to 3400
    ship_th_chip: folds
    noveas2002: raises 7040 to 10440
    Tomschluck: folds
    Shiva9: folds
    nilsson: folds
    hygrometer: folds
    Nikotin77: folds
    thabirdman: ??????
    Edited By: thabirdman Aug 4th, 2010 at 01:21 AM
  2. zander zander is offline anomaly in his crotch

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    Aug 4th, 2010 (8/4/2010 1:29am) in reply to thabirdman

    If you don't have anything additional to add about the opponent, in a vacuum I have no qualms about getting 30bbs in with QQ here. His reraising range has to be absurdly small for this not to be a good spot to get your money in, and if you don't have notes or reads that he is insaaaanely tight, you can't fold here. Sorry you ran into the top of his range...

    Also, remember that in $10 tournaments your image in the eyes of your opponents is generally irrelevant because most of them have not considered you at all. I have an ace and a jack, and they're sooted, I reraise even though my opponent has only raised twice in a week and both times were AA sooted is much more likely to be the thought process than "well, this opponent has been a rock and just opened, so I put him on 99+, AQs+, AKo and am 57.3% vs that range so I raise." I have a hard time folding big hands like this in these spots because of the number of times I see people turn up with KQo, A9, etc. If you're deeper, you can play postflop, but you absolutely cannot flat, have 1/3 of your stack in there, and then fold if an A or a K hits. That's spew. Commit the rest of your chips unless you absolutely know the opponent is so nitty the range has you crushed... and don't let the fact that it sounds like you ran into the top of his range lead you into making bad decisions in the future...
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