You make the play

[kardmania]

You make the play

$60 10 man live game played on PokerPro table. 1500 starting chips
Turbo Blinds

Truly card dead but stole where I could but with blinds at $120/60 + $5 ante down to $480 chips but only 4 players remained.

I managed to dodge bullets and slowly started to win a few pots knocking out the 4th place combatant.


Pay out structure $355 for 1st and $155 for 2nd place the balance is house rake.

Opponent chip stacks Player A has 5500 chips, Player B has 4400, and I am sitting with 4100 chips. I offer up a three way chop. Player B accepts the chop and Player A sits silent. Several hands pass when the SB and BB get into the pot for the minimum and the board flops: 9D, 7D, and 5D. Player A pushes all in and Player B calls. Player A turns over 10D and 6D and Player B reveals the JD and QD. No improvement.

Several more hands are played with no significant changes.

These games are typically over in an hour. We are now near the 2 hour mark. Blinds are 1200/ 600 and antes are $100.

Player A is now down to $1800, Player B has $7200, and I am sitting with 6000 chips. I am in the small blind and the best hand I have looked at is AK o/s.

Player A folds and is sitting with $1100 chips, Player B raises $1200 chips and I look down at QQ.

What is the correct play?

[lunarphase]

snap shove

[UIIIU]

ya i would have to say shove too. Not enough chips to 3 bet and 3 way with relatively high blinds your not gonna be able to get away from qq and to add to that the payout is top heavy so if theres anytime to take a risk it would be here. I think it would also be way to dangerous to just call here i mean QQ is strong but the flop could put u in a tough spot and the best pots are the ones that dont go to showdowns those are the pretty much the only ones you have 100% chance of winning besides when you have the nuts

[LDJ]

on the other hand the 3rd player has 1 BB... if you fold there's a good chance you make the money and are heads up after 2 more hands.

I think this one depends on your playing style and how much you need the cash.

[kardmania]

Correction I probably should not have composed this late night trying to read my dull pencil notes

Player A is now down to $1800, Player B has $7200, and I am sitting with 6000 chips. I am in the big blind and the best hand I have looked at is AK o/s.

Player A folds and is sitting with $1700 chips, Player B raises $1200 chips and I look down at QQ.

What is the correct play?

[UIIIU]

so blinds are at 300/600 not 600/1200. The min raise from sb is very skeptical but i still think you have to take your chances here. id say re raising is out of the question if your not pushing. But you could also just call the 600 and see how he reacts to the flop but you will be shooting yourself in the foot if he had some weak hand and he nails the flop possibly low suited connectors which would kill you if all unders were the flop would make it even more difficult to get away with. I think you are good but if he did have kk or aa you might see the same bet, but three way with blinds representing 10% of your stack you almost have to go with the qq yes the guy is shortstack whos not in the pot but with sngs it really is about going for the win even if this was a race say against AK its still a very profitable move because of equity your getting from the eliminated players. 50% chance which and if you win it puts u at around 80% to win it. folding just gives away 10% of your flop and i really thin is out of the question unless this guy is the tightest rock on the planet

[kardmania]

Sorry for the earlier screw up but the blinds were correct

Blinds are 600/1200

One of the key questions that has been raised is what type of player is the Raiser

[kardmania]

The key advantage of playing live versus playing on the net is the ability to make reads and act on your conclusions.

As stated earlier the raiser’s profile was tight aggressive. His body language told me two things that he was strong but he did not want a call. When I asked him if he wanted a call, he remained silent but his body language reaffirmed my initial read.

I ran thru the possible hands that he might be raising with:

AA, KK I considered possible but dubious under 5%
AK I actually felt that this was a likely possibility probably O/S 20%
AQ, AJ, A10 each 5%’ers along with A rag

JJ, 10 10, 10%er’s
99, 88, 77, J10, 10 9, 5%er’s

After considering these assumptions, the only hand I really needed to fear was the AK race. I thought for a few seconds about the fact that doing nothing should assure me of a cash. However, walking thru the backdoor I usually manage to step in the quicksand. When you let your opportunities escape without benefits the poker lords do have a tendency to slap you back down.

So I shoved.