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FT Bubble fold/call?

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  1. Shiptothesails Shiptothesails is offline

    Los Altos, CA
    United States

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    Oct 31st, 2007 (10/31/2007 1:29am)

    Friend had to go so I'm playing the 5r for him, I am abusing the final table bubble picking up 2/3 of the pots and no one is doing anything about it, 88 is ahead of his range but calling could end the bubble and my chance to pick up chips.

    pokerstars Game #12950436851: Tournament #65237940, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXV (20000/40000) - 2007/10/31 - 00:53:46 (ET)
    Table '65237940 66' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
    Seat 1: nv2c (633584 in chips)
    Seat 2: lemonny (621237 in chips)
    Seat 5: 6reenthumb (4112074 in chips)
    Seat 8: Jimmy'sallin (813496 in chips)
    Seat 9: kurt23x (233992 in chips)
    nv2c: posts the ante 4000
    lemonny: posts the ante 4000
    6reenthumb: posts the ante 4000
    Jimmy'sallin: posts the ante 4000
    kurt23x: posts the ante 4000
    lemonny: posts small blind 20000
    6reenthumb: posts big blind 40000
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to 6reenthumb [8c 8d]
    Jimmy'sallin: folds
    kurt23x: folds
    nv2c: raises 589584 to 629584 and is all-in
    lemonny: folds
    6reenthumb:

    Another hand at the final table, opponent has been fairly agressive and qq is destroying his range, a shove will probably only get called by aces and kings since our stacks are so deep and there is such a steep pay structure. Whats best line to extract max value?

    PokerStars Game #12950668136: Tournament #65237940, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVII (30000/60000) - 2007/10/31 - 01:15:39 (ET)
    Table '65237940 103' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
    Seat 1: HatchetHarry (2547532 in chips)
    Seat 2: francy70 (998976 in chips)
    Seat 3: www.badbeat. (701613 in chips)
    Seat 4: nv2c (349584 in chips)
    Seat 5: mikel26 (986251 in chips)
    Seat 6: Burcak (1190745 in chips)
    Seat 7: Jimmy'sallin (832496 in chips)
    Seat 8: 6reenthumb (4655082 in chips)
    Seat 9: lemonny (757221 in chips) is sitting out
    HatchetHarry: posts the ante 6000
    francy70: posts the ante 6000
    www.badbeat.: posts the ante 6000
    nv2c: posts the ante 6000
    mikel26: posts the ante 6000
    Burcak: posts the ante 6000
    Jimmy'sallin: posts the ante 6000
    6reenthumb: posts the ante 6000
    lemonny: posts the ante 6000
    www.badbeat.: posts small blind 30000
    nv2c: posts big blind 60000
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to 6reenthumb [Qs Qc]
    mikel26: folds
    Burcak: folds
    Jimmy'sallin: folds
    6reenthumb: raises 89999 to 149999
    lemonny: folds
    HatchetHarry: raises 350001 to 500000
    francy70: folds
    www.badbeat.: folds
    nv2c: folds
    6reenthumb:
     
  2. Randers Randers is offline

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    Oct 31st, 2007 (10/31/2007 1:32am) in reply to Shiptothesails

    i hate to say always..but i always get my chips in -in those spots.
     
  3. LostOn5thst LostOn5thst is offline

    Knoxville, TN
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    Oct 31st, 2007 (10/31/2007 1:33am) in reply to Shiptothesails

    imo folding to keep the bubble intact is a risky play but occasionally worth it.

    In your situation I dont think you have to call off those chips in what will probobly be a race. If you are really winning 3/4 of the pots uncontested fold here, you dont lose any face and will be able to gather more chips with a smaller risk.

    IF you had raised and were repoopped I would prop go with it because you want people to know you are raising with real hands and that you cant be pushed around.
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