Q9o squeeze with 17.5bb
Hi All,
This is a hand that happened in a live tournament.
50% left. I was just moved to the table. On one hand, a very passive player limps from UTG, LJ and HJ limps behind. I am in the BTN with Q9o, 17.5bb The tournament average is about 30bb. I am one of the shortest on the table.
I do not have a clear squeeze strategy. However, this spot seemed too good to let it pass. There is 5.5bb (big ante), and still believe I have a huge fold equity with my stack.
Everyone folds, except the HJ limper, who seems already tilted. He calls with A5s. GG.
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I wouldn't jam without an A here (or a decent PP) because Ax blocks AA (UTG potentially) and other Ax hands. Also having an A can be beneficial all in if we miss and the caller misses.
But I would call OTB. Sometimes in these spots everybody checks the flop to us and then the jam/bluff can work if there is no A on the board.
I see what you say. Even blockers such as K would not be good there in your opinion? IN this case, I had the Q as a blocker.
Although my shove was quite loose, I tried to take the advantage that I was new at the table. Although it was a bit loose, A5s limp/call a 17.5bb jam seems loose too.
I think Q9o is way too loose to squeeze - if any of Vs are playing a balanced limping range (which does exist with short stacks in play in MTTs) you're crushed here. This play would only be good if you know for a fact that they only limp weak hands.
If Vs are calling off too wide with hands like A5 that should be a fold it's even worse than GTO would be.
You need some sort of hand pp, ace. Like KTo or Q9s might be OK, might have enough equity if called. The shove with Q9o is probably bad, but only marginally so. It is also very dependent on reads on the limpers.
Jam is awful, would not recommend.
1 star.
It isn't as bad as that. It isn't a good play, but isn't that terrible. You don't lose that much on average getting called by Axs 40% to win with dead money in. You win a lot more than that when you steal. There is some possibility a limper is trapping or someone in the blinds has a hand.
Probably not a good call with A5s. That hand is about 30% against like AT+/77-KK, which you definitely could have and he needs to worry some about the other limper.
