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mid stages mtt JJ against tight opponent

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  1. rambodave rambodave is offline

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    Sep 6th, 2007 (9/6/2007 4:15pm)

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>JJ MTT becoming short stacked mid po. after tight raiser
    by rambodave on 9/6/2007 14:07 </TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Sorry, the HH for this was deleted so I'll just have to explain. Middle of tourney in mid po. I have JJ. Blinds are 100-200. I have 2900 chips. Tightest player (2600 chips to start with) at table raises to 700 in 2nd po. My history of him is he raises small, 2.5x or so with monster pairs. So I put him on unpaired hand AK or lower, maybe 1010 or less. He is capable of folding to tough decisions. I also have a tight image. I reraise allin. He calls. No problem if he has monster...............he turns over AQ! What? I was just blown away. I did not think he would call with AQ. How should I have played this? What could I have done better? Tourney scenario, I figured he would fold that and still be left with 9 bb, shortstack but alive. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
  2. MaitreD MaitreD is offline

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    Sep 6th, 2007 (9/6/2007 4:25pm) in reply to rambodave

    Well, you knew he was tight and still shoved. You got your wish. Best case scenario, you are correct that he was shoving with A-K. You are more of a favorite against AQ, so what's the problem? He probably felt committed to the play. Normal gamble. Sorry you lost, but I think most players would flip here knowing that the other play has AQ.
  3. Jennifear Jennifear is online now

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    Sep 6th, 2007 (9/6/2007 4:32pm) in reply to rambodave

    If you knew he didn't have a monster pair, then you were correct to shove. He was correct to call with AQ as well.
  4. Davidp18 Davidp18 is offline

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    Sep 6th, 2007 (9/6/2007 4:34pm) in reply to rambodave

    "My history of him is he raises small, 2.5x or so with monster pairs. So I put him on unpaired hand AK or lower, maybe 1010 or less".

    You just answered ur question. Easy shove.
     
  5. rambodave rambodave is offline

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    Sep 6th, 2007 (9/6/2007 4:35pm) in reply to MaitreD

    I'm not disappointed in the situation. I'm just surprised he called with AQ knowing what I do about him. What I'm looking for is whether or not I played this hand correctly or not. Should I have just called his preflop raise? If I had done that I think he would've pushed on the flop (even though it missed him) because he was 1st to act. I just don't know whether my play was good or not.
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  6. rambodave rambodave is offline

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    Sep 6th, 2007 (9/6/2007 4:38pm) in reply to Jennifear

    Thanks for the response I can stop wondering now! lol Good to hear from you Jen!
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