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Need some help here.....risk tourney life? flat call?

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  1. Grlnder Grlnder is online now

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    Jun 3rd, 2008 (6/3/2008 7:22pm)

    45K Gtd 11+R on Stars. Down to roughly 280 people, top 216 payout. What do you do with AK here on the button based on our stacks? ----TrueGrlnder

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    pokerstars Game #17896437001: Tournament #90369566, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit -
    Level XII (500/1000) - 2008/06/03 - 19:01:47 (ET)
    Table '90369566 134' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
    Seat 1: Oswaldo (25627 in chips)
    Seat 2: Greenworks (21293 in chips)
    Seat 3: onCard9 (51086 in chips)
    Seat 4: bornoulli (12695 in chips)
    Seat 5: arklausner (76762 in chips)
    Seat 6: Larermo (12332 in chips)
    Seat 7: afreat (32148 in chips)
    Seat 8: stiesnking (40889 in chips)
    Seat 9: TrueGrlnder (34928 in chips)
    Oswaldo: posts the ante 100
    Greenworks: posts the ante 100
    onCard9: posts the ante 100
    bornoulli: posts the ante 100
    arklausner: posts the ante 100
    Larermo: posts the ante 100
    afreat: posts the ante 100
    stiesnking: posts the ante 100
    TrueGrlnder: posts the ante 100
    Oswaldo: posts small blind 500
    Greenworks: posts big blind 1000
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to TrueGrlnder [Ac Kh]
    onCard9: folds
    bornoulli: folds
    arklausner: raises 4000 to 5000
    Larermo: folds
    afreat: folds
    stiesnking: folds
    TrueGrlnder:????????????
  2. Jennifear Jennifear is offline

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    Jun 3rd, 2008 (6/3/2008 7:51pm) in reply to Grlnder

    Shove because you kill his range and you have fold equity.
  3. Grlnder Grlnder is online now

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    Jun 3rd, 2008 (6/3/2008 9:05pm) in reply to Jennifear

    Thanks Jennifear... I actually did shove there...and of course he has QQ and I miss completely. Oh well. I just wanted to make sure it was a smart move.
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  4. Jennifear Jennifear is offline

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    Jun 4th, 2008 (6/4/2008 6:14am) in reply to Grlnder

    One thing that I like about your shove is that his raise size seems to indicate that he does not have KK+.

    Five times raises are often of the strong/vulnerable category, and his might be:

    66-QQ, AJ+ from this spot, with a reasonable chance of something worse, and a very small chance of KK+.
  5. And_We_Build And_We_Build is offline

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    Jun 4th, 2008 (6/4/2008 1:54pm) in reply to Jennifear

    You have to get it in here. I agree with jenn for sure on his range, but also if ur just going to flat here, then hes going to put the pressure on u after the flop and if u miss ur gonna have to lay it down. By shoving the pressure is put on him for half his stack, and you should be tryin to build a stack at this point of the tournament.
  6. Grlnder Grlnder is online now

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    Jun 5th, 2008 (6/5/2008 4:05am) in reply to And_We_Build

    Thank you both. Very helpful.
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