Call or shove in the money $100,000 guarantee
Spot that I'd like opinions on. In the money in a $100K guarantee. Sitting at 53rd place with $19,000 up top. Hero has $170K stack, which is slightly below average with blinds at 3500/7000.
Action folds around to the button with 6BB who shoves for $42K. Villain in the SB has $350K stack and has been periodically very active (bullied table before the bubble) but is not a maniac. Villain calls the $42K shove.
Action to Hero in BB with AKo. Folding is not an option. Three-betting to $100K and leaving $70K behind is useless. Options are call, see a flop, and evaluate in position, or shove.
What are the considerations you would consider and what action would you choose most frequently in this spot?
Well stated.
OP: the Guarantee of a tournament tells me way less than the buy in. A $100K Guarantee can be anything from a $50 to a $1K...it didn't matter in this hand, but if you are trying to give us some color on the quality of the field, the buy in is a better way to do it.
For reference, this was a $100 buy-in online event on WSOP.com.
I was pretty sure villain's flatting range against the wide 6BB shove from button was way behind my AK and that he would fold to my shove with most of his range, which should have served to preserve my stack. Flatting had more potential post-flop variance, even in position (I figured). Shows that you can never be sure how another player is going to act.
Still a high finish in a 1000+ field. Congratulations.
You gotta shove in this spot. You want to see all 5 cards and you are going to be playing a guessing game when the flop comes and you whiff and then face a small/medium bet.
