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  1. skalistair skalistair is offline

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    Jun 21st, 2007 (6/21/2007 6:06pm)

    Was still quite early in the tourney, only level 3, what i'm wondering is do i take the chance to double up here or wait for a better spot without risking my entire stack?

    Didn't really have any read on the jockey, hadn't seen him play many cards.

    Thoughts please.

    pokerstars Game #10550637518: Tournament #52923831, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/06/21 - 17:39:15 (ET)
    Table '52923831 23' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
    Seat 1: Masquerade (2330 in chips)
    Seat 2: malex19 (3815 in chips)
    Seat 3: Mr.Ulli (3310 in chips)
    Seat 4: erect111 (2560 in chips)
    Seat 5: El Dean0 (4430 in chips)
    Seat 6: skalistair (3845 in chips)
    Seat 7: torodin10 (6225 in chips)
    Seat 8: Evilduke11 (4960 in chips)
    Seat 9: the jockey (5390 in chips)
    Evilduke11: posts small blind 25
    the jockey: posts big blind 50
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to skalistair [Qs Qc]
    Masquerade: folds
    malex19: calls 50
    Mr.Ulli: calls 50
    erect111: folds
    El Dean0: calls 50
    skalistair: raises 300 to 350
    torodin10: calls 350
    Evilduke11: folds
    the jockey: raises 5040 to 5390 and is all-in
    malex19: folds
    Mr.Ulli: folds
    El Dean0: folds
    skalistair: ????
  2. rocksolid124 rocksolid124 is offline

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    Jun 21st, 2007 (6/21/2007 6:28pm) in reply to skalistair

    I personally call it.

    My reasoning: You know he's not shoving with AA or KK(or at least can safely assume it, lol).

    So what could he have? Possibility he has AK, but I'm voting on a smaller pocket pair.

    But I'm an idiot.
  3. ChicagoAPA ChicagoAPA is offline

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    Jun 21st, 2007 (6/21/2007 7:51pm) in reply to skalistair

    Since it is still early in the tourney and u havent invested much time I woulda instacall.....I think he had JJ or dimes. because alot of people with JJ or dimes to a preflop raise 7X BB have a hard time playing a flop...so they push. That is how I play JJ or dimes early in tourney in that situation....if u lose just go load another.....instacall great double up opportunity. But also....he coulda had AK AQ AJ........still an instacall early in tourn...
  4. JeffOkay JeffOkay is offline

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    Jun 21st, 2007 (6/21/2007 7:55pm) in reply to skalistair

    <SPAN lang=EN-AU>Sometimes you do and some times you dont, use the power skalistair, go with the gut feeling. </SPAN>
  5. FishOnTilt FishOnTilt is offline

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    Jun 21st, 2007 (6/21/2007 10:41pm) in reply to JeffOkay

    if he AA or KK he would make a raise that would entice you to shove all in so id call it. looks like hes got JJ maybe AK.
     
  6. deadeyed deadeyed is offline

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    Jun 22nd, 2007 (6/22/2007 6:41am) in reply to skalistair

    You can't "safely assume" anything as you have already said, you do not have a read on the jockey. not all players make a smaller raise with aces or kings to suck players in. I see plenty of players shoving with AA KK here because they can't play post flop or want to make it look like a smaller pair or AK and get called by QQ AK JJ etc
  7. kamakazmeee kamakazmeee is offline

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    Jun 22nd, 2007 (6/22/2007 12:03pm) in reply to skalistair

    Online many peoples ranges are simply AA, KK, and AK. If you think about their logic, they KNOW you have a hand you raised 7 BBs and there is there is 18.5 BBs of dead money out there. If he has let say AK and repots it to 1300 he is OOP and will get 2 callers. In theory he could have TT or JJ or AQ but there is NO reason why he isn't open shoving AA KK or AK. In addition the smoothcaller may have you beat but that is unlikely. Personally I fold here because there is no need to gamble this early and you know you can pick up a better spot than this.
  8. Chip Daddy Chip Daddy is offline

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    Jun 22nd, 2007 (6/22/2007 1:14pm) in reply to skalistair

    I dont know what to do.. Re-raise him and see where u stand in this hand..lol ( its a joke ) I would think you are safe to call.. I wouldnt be surprised if he had A-rag. or like K-Q. I really doubt he has rockets but maybe KK. Just call and find out.
  9. kmil420 kmil420 is offline

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    Jun 22nd, 2007 (6/22/2007 2:22pm) in reply to Chip Daddy

    He's probably squeezing it up with air, lol. Well, I'm pretty sure he doesn't have AA or KK here so I would say call. Most likely he has AK and you're racing. The only hands I would be worried about though are AA and KK and I jsut don't think he would take this line with those hands.
  10. dtools22 dtools22 is offline

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    Jun 22nd, 2007 (6/22/2007 2:31pm) in reply to skalistair

    Ok, it seems that the consensusis is the guy has AK. If you put him on AK then this has to be a fold early in the tourney with YOU all-in. Why bother putting almost 4K in on a coinflip. I'd rather keep my chips in front of me and find a better spot. I would fold this hand more than likely since it's all your chips, if you had even 500 more chips than the villan does, I'd say call.
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