Venetian $800 buy-in, preflop all in
Thoughts on my line here?
30 BB stack, cutoff, with 99. Table chip leader raised 2BB in early position. I jammed all-in. BB called with KK and it held.
Wonder if I should have just flat called the raise but 99 was strong enough that I was comfortable shoving, getting called by overcards and doing a coin flip.
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I wouldn't be jamming with 30 bb's preflop. Either make it 6 bb's or just call. Because its an EP raise I often just call here especially with between 27 and 40 bb's. Unless Villain has shown a wide EP preflop raising range.
In this case Villain will 4-bet (possibly all in) and then I would likely fold. This is why I often just call the EP raise with 66-TT just wanting to basically set mine. Even with JJ against tight openers I might just call.
I try to keep my 3-bets to 10x the original raise size so if it is a 2 bb min raise I often won't jam with over 20 bb's. I do limit my 3-bets to 25 bb's as there just isn't enough in the pot to justify the bigger all ins.
30BB / CO seems too deep + early to be a jam spot. Jamming 30BB with 99 from the SB over a button raise is probably fine. Jamming 20BB here is probably fine.
What stage of the tournament is it?
I’m just flatting.
You end up folding out all of the hands that you dominate and none that are ahead of you.
We have 31% equity vs TT+, AK
We have 32.7% equity vs TT+, AK, AQs
We have 37.1% equity vs TT+, AK, AQs, AQo
I like flatting here and then folding to most squeezes. I can see an argument for 3b to 5.5-6bbs/call if we're against a villain with way too many 4b bluffs, especially early in a tournament with lots of punting. 3b/fold hurts.
Against a LP raise I almost always 3b here, but against an EP raiser with way more than us, I don't like it. If there have been few 3bs, I would flat. If there have been a lot, I would either fold or flat to trap and then 4b jam vs the squeeze (would only do this against an overly aggressive opponent)
