s_dogg said:
Ok...home game tourney last night with 25 people. This first hand occured with about 13 people left. Blinds at 400-800 with 100 ante. I have about 26,000 in chips (started with 10,000). A guy in first position moves all-in for 3,000 total. It's folded to me one off the button and I re-raise to isolate with KQ offsuit. No one calls and he turns over A3 offsuit. I ended up catching a Q and taking it down. Was this the right play to isolate, or should I even have played this hand against his raise?Second hand happens about 5 minutes later. I'm in the BB and look down at AQ
. The button, who has been stealing all night and was sitting around 10,000 in chips raises my 1,000 blind to 3,000. Now, I put him on a steal, as he really understood position and the importance of stealing blinds. After think for a few seconds, I put him all in and he immediately calls with AK
. I didn't suck out and he won the pot. Now was this a stupid play? Or did he just happen to have one of the few hands that had me dominated? Was it unlucky on my part or stupid. I ask these questions because I can't figure it out myself.Thanks
On the first hand, how much did you re-raise? What were the playing styles/chip stacks of the two players behind you? Personally, I don't like re-raising here at all. It can only hurt you. If the stacks still to act have you covered and push all in, what is your move? You basically just wasted chips on the raise. A skilled player from the blinds who has you covered might push all in and force you to lay down your hand when he has an inferior holding. What does re-raising here accomplish? You say you did it to isolate, but how much did you raise to isolate? I would prefer making the call. This way, if someone in the blinds wakes up with a monster, you are only stuck 3k, and can still get out cheaply.Ok, think about the math in this situation. The button makes it 3k to go, so with the 1500 blinds and 3k raise the pot =4500. You push him all in for 7k more, so the pot is now 11500. He has to call 7 k in a 11500 pot, not giving him the best pot odds. But, you have to ask yourself, will he call with pretty much any 2 since he is loose and needs to double up, and would be stuck to 7BB if he folded? And if he does call, your AQ isnt necessarily a dominating hand unless he has Ax. Personally, I probably would push back given his range of holdings in this case. He has been stealing alot, and you figure to have the best hand or a coin flip. You are playing to win the tourney, so accumulating chips is never a bad idea. However, calling the raise and putting in 2k and seeing a flop isnt necessarily the worst play ever. However, it is very difficult for me to give a difinitive answer on this question because I don't know how many chips you have at this point in time. If pushing all in cripples you, calling wouldnt be so bad.
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