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Spot I found myself in; not sure how to proceed

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  1. crooked2412 crooked2412 is offline

    Fremont, CA
    United States

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    Jan 5th, 2009 (1/5/2009 9:10pm)

    About 50 people left in $11 30k GTD on Stars

    Previous orbit same villain raised, from my button I shoved ~170k w/ AK and he folded after time banking down to about 15 seconds. I have been collecting chips w/ very few showdowns (last showdown was pocket aces against a short stacks 88)

    Question is how do you proceed; should i 3-bet/call/fold? I find myself in similar spots like this deep in tournaments and I am never quite sure if the play I am making is the best play.

    pokerstars Game #23587210600: Tournament #129737017, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (5000/10000) - 2009/01/05 1:01:44 ET
    Table '129737017 258' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
    Seat 1: satantann (199758 in chips)
    Seat 2: CMaget (481155 in chips)
    Seat 3: ten55 (225347 in chips)
    Seat 4: KC MAC (259863 in chips)
    Seat 5: barrosa 50 (194371 in chips)
    Seat 6: nhnystad (331423 in chips)
    Seat 7: crooked2412 (215377 in chips)
    Seat 8: gamsten12 (247392 in chips)
    Seat 9: ASUjake (416243 in chips)
    satantann: posts the ante 1000
    CMaget: posts the ante 1000
    ten55: posts the ante 1000
    KC MAC: posts the ante 1000
    barrosa 50: posts the ante 1000
    nhnystad: posts the ante 1000
    crooked2412: posts the ante 1000
    gamsten12: posts the ante 1000
    ASUjake: posts the ante 1000
    crooked2412: posts small blind 5000
    gamsten12: posts big blind 10000
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to crooked2412 [As Qd]
    ASUjake: folds
    satantann: folds
    CMaget: folds
    ten55: folds
    KC MAC: raises 20000 to 30000
    barrosa 50: folds
    nhnystad: folds
    crooked2412:

    Thanks for the help,

    Matt
  2. Frank1The1Tank Frank1The1Tank is offline

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    Jan 5th, 2009 (1/5/2009 9:11pm) in reply to crooked2412

    A very easy snap shove. Good luck.
     
  3. hushpuckena hushpuckena is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2009 (1/6/2009 1:28am) in reply to crooked2412

    The flat-call can come to no good-you can pair either card and still be buggered, plus you don't want to play the wonderful AQ (or AK) out of position. Move in or fold, depending on whether you think you can pick up the pot right here, you're simply willing to gamble or believe you have the best hand. With a strong table image, you can pick up pots that loose players never will, but this can't be overdone, either.
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