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What is the correct play here?

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  1. CRUSH41 CRUSH41 is offline

    Columbus, OH
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    Mar 9th, 2007 (3/9/2007 12:29am)

    UB $200 tourney. 14 people left. I am sitting in 3rd place, but only have about 6k more than the average stack, which is about 18k. The only other info I can give you is that this was the 4th time I picked up AK in the last 12 hands. Reshoved over an all-in once (and lost) and re-raised and took down pots the other 2 times. So, my image was pretty aggressive.

    Call and and see a flop?
    Shove?
    Fold?

    Hand #40400409-235 at Thu930pm25K-003 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
    Started at 09/Mar/07 00:39:24

    sedgwick03 is at seat 0 with 21725.
    gotcha55 is at seat 1 with 22845.
    CRUSH41 is at seat 2 with 23585.
    mindwise is at seat 3 with 12270.
    Grinder_MJ is at seat 4 with 37215.
    Jpmetalman is at seat 5 with 8610.
    MHBSchwab2 is at seat 6 with 5665.
    AppSt2004 is at seat 7 with 19045.
    The button is at seat 5.

    sedgwick03 posts ante (75).
    gotcha55 posts ante (75).
    CRUSH41 posts ante (75).
    mindwise posts ante (75).
    Grinder_MJ posts ante (75).
    Jpmetalman posts ante (75).
    MHBSchwab2 posts ante (75).
    AppSt2004 posts ante (75).
    AppSt2004 posts the small blind of 300.
    sedgwick03 posts the big blind of 600.
    sedgwick03: -- --
    gotcha55: -- --
    CRUSH41: Kc Ad
    mindwise: -- --
    Grinder_MJ: -- --
    Jpmetalman: -- --
    MHBSchwab2: -- --
    AppSt2004: -- --
    Pre-flop:

    gotcha55 folds. CRUSH41 raises to 1800. mindwise
    folds. Grinder_MJ re-raises to 5000. Jpmetalman
    folds. MHBSchwab2 folds. AppSt2004 folds.
    sedgwick03 folds.
  2. JLucky34 JLucky34 is offline

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    Mar 9th, 2007 (3/9/2007 4:27am) in reply to CRUSH41

    given your image i would have to think push. here's why...you said yourself you have had an aggressive image having AK 4 times in twelve hands, his range could be very wide (since you didn't tell us how this player plays...TAG, LAG, LAP, etc.) and you will definitely have a lot of fold equity here. So I say push most certainly if you are going for the win, don't call and possibly fold
  3. mindwise mindwise is offline

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    Mar 9th, 2007 (3/9/2007 7:27am) in reply to CRUSH41

    Hey Crush, I thought you played great and just got caught in a tough spot here.

    You setup a nice trap here by hiding the strength of your hand with a standard 1800 raise. Grinder was the big stack and his repop easily could have been on a range like tens or JJ, and maybe even AQ. That type of repop often means AA or KK but Grinder had position on you and the big stack, plus he's a good player who knows how to represent those big hands.

    So, the question is are you willing to race at this point in the tournament if you can't push grinder off his hand (if it's JJ or QQ)? A reshove by you often means AK, so he may not fold tens or jacks, plus he'd have 13k even if he loses. Not great but enough to play with. So getting him off those hands might be hard.

    In any case, given your image at that table (aggressive) and the hidden strength of your hand, I think pushing is right -- you want to see all five cards.

    One final note: the tournament ended unfortunately with Grinder heads up with the eventual winner. He lost his connection and had his blinds stolen as fast as humanly possible.
     
  4. CRUSH41 CRUSH41 is offline

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    Mar 9th, 2007 (3/9/2007 9:31am) in reply to mindwise

    Thanks Mindwise. It was definitely a tough spot. I didn't really know what to do at the time, and I'm still not sure what the best play over the long run is in that spot. I did think I could get him off TT or JJ because the only hands I'm pushing there are AA, KK, AK, and maybe QQ. Then again, your point about him still having 13k in chips left is well taken. He might just decide I did have AK there and call w/ TT or JJ.

    Regardless, gg. You played great just to stay alive the last coule tables w/ such a short stack. Didn't see much of the final table, but I'm sorry to hear about Grinder losing connection, that blows.
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