Hands for early in live daily tournament
About $200 daily live tournament. 20K starting stack.
H1. Hero is effective with about 15K. 400/800/800. UTG new to table raises to 2K, UTG+1 calls, I call in BB with 99. Was planning to shove over raise or limps. However, was concerned with UTG raise with fairly large sizing when about half the pots were limped. Flop is 775,r. Check/UTG bets 5K, UTG+1 folds. Should I shove or fold? Would have shoved easily over smaller bet, but sizing concerned me, although he could just be cbetting.
H2 600/1200/1200. Hero is effective about 12K. 2 limps, hero calls in SB with 76o, BB checks. Should maybe fold preflop. Flop is 853 2-flush. Checked to limper in CO in position who bets 1800. Call or shove? Presumably I can’t fold.
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H1, is 2.5BB that big? Against the general tendencies of the field?
How big is villain’s stack?
I’ve not played these games but I’m guessing they aren’t full of people who study so his flop bet size may just be a mistake.
Feels like a decision point for you which kind of depends on good old-fashioned reads. Does he have a big Ace, an over pair, or indeed a smaller pair (88 opens here?)
I’d like to say that I’m inclined toward jamming around 2 of 3. In truth, I probably jam 100% and I’m right around twice in three!
H2 ‘you've gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?’
More seriously, we may only have six clean outs, and we’re not closing the action. Why can’t we fold? It preserves our c10bb stack and we have an orbit at least to find cleaner spots.
Any love for open-jamming over the limps? Must be right at some frequency?
H1: A 2.5x raise in a live game is standard. I would only think UTG has JJ like hand if they raised > 3x (though sometimes its AK). Given you called pre-flop which I would likely do vs UTG open this is a great flop. However I do agree that 5k is a big sized bet at lose to 70% pot. If I had more chips I probably fold (because I don't want to raise and calling is going to be dicey a lot of the time if the turn is >9). If we were set mining then a fold is understandable. I probably jam here because we are under 18 bb's now and there is a decent chance UTG has AK/AQ which we don't block.
H2: I like the call preflop. I would call on the flop. I don't think we have fold equity vs 8x hands and we block 77/66. I guess we have FE vs A5/A3. If we miss the turn and it is bet my guess is I would just fold then. Though if it is another smallish bet giving us good pot/implied odds, I likely call again. However if CO checks back the turn I would jam the river because CO could have a flush draw.
About $200 daily live tournament. 20K starting stack.
H1. Hero is effective with about 15K. 400/800/800. UTG new to table raises to 2K, UTG+1 calls, I call in BB with 99. Was planning to shove over raise or limps. However, was concerned with UTG raise with fairly large sizing when about half the pots were limped. Flop is 775,r. Check/UTG bets 5K, UTG+1 folds. Should I shove or fold? Would have shoved easily over smaller bet, but sizing concerned me, although he could just be cbetting.
H2 600/1200/
H1: Calling here pre basically means setmine. But you're not deep enough to do that. And most flops won't we be favourable to you. Those facts make this an easy shove IMHO, unless you should know that UTG is a real tight player. UTG+1 probably made a bad call and most likely will fold. You're ahead of their range anyway. And even against UTG you should count on some FE. If UTG opens here with a standard range for the position (and in a live setting being an unknown player he might be open a lot more hands) like 66+,ATs+,A5s-A4s,KTs+,QTs+,JTs,98s,AJo+,KJo+ you will in fact be a slight favourite (51,5%-48,5%) even if he calls with every hand. You cannot play scared in this type of situations if you want to go deep in tournaments, though I know it's more difficult in a live tournament where a bust means you just have to go home.
As played you cannot fold here. You got the almost most favourable flop you could think of. And you had to count on UTG c-betting the flop. Also you don't wanna call here, unless you want to preserve 8K (10bb) by folding the next street no matter what card comes on it. I would get it in and hope for the best, but counting on him having me beaten often.
H2: You have to realize that even though the other players limped you are behind their likely limping ranges pre. Even with a larger stack completing in SB out of position is a mistake, and here it is even bigger. Just fold this hand to preserve as much FE as possible next time you get a hand to go allin with!
As played: Just shove your remaining 9bb:s and hope that luck (about 35% to hit your straight) is on your side if anyone calls.
H1: Reluctantly shoving flop. There are more combos of AK than premiums and he may bet smaller with a premium on this dry board.
H2: I doubt completing is correct since chip preservation is so important at 10 BBs. CO's 1800 feels like a probing bet (under 1/3 pot) and I feel like we have good fold equity against this player type and our pair outs might be live against a flush draw. So I'd go with it.
Yeah, H2 I thought the 1/3 pot bet in position 4-way looked weak and I shoved. Bettor called with A3s for nut flush draw and bottom pair. I was 29% to win with some dead money in the pot.
