Bodog $25k Guaranteed NLHE (6-handed)

Hero T399,000
MP T258,000
CO T233,000
Button T475,000
SB T131,000
BB T660,000

Blinds 10k/20k, Ante 2k (CPR: T42k)

Hero is UTG w/ 7 7 . We've been playing somewhat tightly at the final table. We played with MP some earlier in the tournament and have mostly seen premium hands aside from a couple times where he called to take out short-stacks with marginal hands (getting odds).

Pre-flop:
Hero raises to T60k, MP goes all-in for T258k, 4 folds, Hero ?


Pot is T359k. Call is T196k. We'll have T141k left if we call and lose.

1st pays $6,125
6th pays $1,125

($50+5 buy-in)

I think that more than likely you're in a race. Even though I hate calling off a huge chunk of my chips with small mid pairs, I think you'd still have enough even if you lose. I'd probably make the call here. That's how I feel about the situation.

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I retract my option here only because I see that you will be getting hit with the BB and SB. So I might actually give this up because you'll still have plenty of chips.

I fold.
If I'm MP, I have 99 or two good overs. You're a good player. You can get your money in better then that. He's not desperate and he's willing to play for all his chips vs an UTG open-raise. If you were willing to go all-in with 77, then you should've open-jammed. Your M is under 10.

-M

i think id fold here. if it were 3 handed or something i might call but 6 handed i give him credit and look for a better opportunity. Your read says he pretty solid and hasn't stepped out of line so at best your flipping a coin with a pretty decent chance your behind something like JJ.

Easy fold. Next.

I would fold here - the best you can hope for is a coin flip and you could be dominated.

Your read is that villain plays fairly tight mostly playing premium hands - that and he pushed with four to act after him indicate to me that he again has a premium hand.

Your M is 8 after a fold and you're still middle of the pack at this table so you're still in decent shape even with the blinds hitting you next.

I fold here. I expect to see something like TT+ here, where we are a huge underdog. Even if we expand the range to TT+, AQ+, we are still a pretty big dog...

fold.
your stack is very strong still

With your M, I'm probly folding this in 1st pos, not raisng to 60k.
Was table tight? and Blinds not defending?

Am I retarded?

6 handed there is nothing wrong with raising it up. lol i tend to raise it up 10 handed though too which i have been told by troyomac is called overplaying a small pp.

Easy fold. I don't mind the original raise if a UTG raise regularly wins the blinds uncontested. Given that you raised from UTG, I doubt MP is doing this with 66-.

In this particular hand, I'm actually MP. I held AKo. UTG hesitated slightly but made the call. The board bricked and I went to the rail. Immediately, I gave him credit for making a "good call", but when I looked back at it, I agree with you guys that it seems like a marginally bad one based on my range and pot odds.

ouch. He made a horrible call with his hand. But thats what donkeys do, they call of their chips with small PPs

I was just going to say, MP's raise SCREAMS of AK. I still don't make the call with 77 though.

So, is the jam with AK good, or do you call and see a flop?

Def don't take a flop. The jam is right.

If you want to gamble, you're probably in a race.

In this situation, discretion is the better part of valor. I lay this down, but I'm a pretty tight player. Better spots will come along.

because of the blinds/antes and money from UTG raise, AK should jam this all day with his Stack. Any fold equity here is huge. We can add 100k to our stack if UTG folds. THat is significant.

Furthmore, and this is huge, the majority of hands that we are behind to here that will call are underpairs. Seeing only 60% of the board can make for a difficult decision if UTG puts in a large flop bet. We'd like to see all 5 cards.

Smaller blinds/larger stack, we can call or raise less. Jamming is never that wrong though in any circumstance.

"...Deciding that just as discretion was the better part of valor, so was cowardice the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet."



Anybody, anybody?



Agreed.


Also, Cobalt nice work with the trick-post. I would fold 77 there getting less than 2-1 on the pot and with a nice stack still in front of me.