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AKProdigy
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero (t1735)
UTG (t1410)
MP (t685)
Button (t1320)
SB (t3850)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, A.
3 folds, SB raises to t300, Hero ?

Shove? Top 2 pay. Villain isn't overly tight or loose, just fairly solid straightforward player. Has raised my blind 2/5 times.
rogerwilco
Yeah, shove it. An open-raise from SB almost always is a steal - looks like a perfect spot for a re-steal:
- villain is very likely stealing
- you have lots of fold equity
- your hand even has some value in itself
- bubble is no concern
- the pot is meaningful for your stack

When I'm feeling like playing a little trickier and taking a bigger risk, I'll sometimes call here and push over the top of villain's inevitable c-bet, but I think a preflop shove is almost always the better play (and your stack is smallish for that).
HijackedAffairs
Yep, I shove. Way ahead of his range and he will probably call you with lesser hands.
Zelphade
I always shove in this situation, but im not sure if its really the right play. U still have plenty of chips if you fold. But on the other hand Roger is right.. his range is pretty big.. u probably will have to win a few hands in order to cash in this tourney so this might be the best spot u get..
litlebullet
I think A9o is a bit too weak to be doing this. I'm reshoving w/ aj and up though.
WhatArunAA
in these type of tournies.. hes not folding any hands that have you beat and hes proably not folding like KQcc which you are barely ahead.. I fold here and find a better spot to get it in.
If villain has been opening EVERY time it folds to him then its a snap shove.
Zach6668
QUOTE (whatarunaa @ Thursday, July 26th, 2007, 6:53 PM) *
in these type of tournies.. hes not folding any hands that have you beat and hes proably not folding like KQcc which you are barely ahead.. I fold here and find a better spot to get it in.
If villain has been opening EVERY time it folds to him then its a snap shove.

Is it wrong to just shove hoping to take the money that's in there, assuming he's decently aggro, and can have a wide enough range here, so he'll fold a lot?
litlebullet
QUOTE (Zach6668 @ Thursday, July 26th, 2007, 5:14 PM) *
Is it wrong to just shove hoping to take the money that's in there, assuming he's decently aggro, and can have a wide enough range here, so he'll fold a lot?

no adding 300 to our stack really isn't worth the + $ev to do this. In a sng 1700 chips at this level is the same as 2000 chips at this level.
WhatArunAA
QUOTE (Zach6668 @ Friday, July 27th, 2007, 2:14 AM) *
Is it wrong to just shove hoping to take the money that's in there, assuming he's decently aggro, and can have a wide enough range here, so he'll fold a lot?



IF villain has a wide range( which I doubt it in these tournies) then its an easy shove... but for the sake of long term profit I would stay away from shoves like this for a while.. save these types of shoves for higher stakes games where its harder to chip up and you have better reads on your opponents. in a 3 dollar sng you will find PLENTY of +EV spots... I see no real long term edge in shoving there and I would advise against it.
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