AK first hand

Bananna man

PokerStars Game #3253399377: Tournament #16105541, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/12/05 - 22:31:09 (ET)

Table '16105541 1' Seat #1 is the button

Seat 1: rushem4it (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Kruger-rand (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: skier_5 (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: A-Nguyen (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: indy441 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: billu2 (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: cander_7 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: PokerHound T (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: 1Newbie (1500 in chips)

Kruger-rand: posts small blind 10
skier_5: posts big blind 20

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to skier_5 [Ah Kh]

A-Nguyen: folds
indy441: raises 220 to 240
billu2: folds
cander_7: folds
PokerHound T: folds
1Newbie: calls 240
rushem4it: calls 240
Kruger-rand: folds
skier_5: ?????

Very first hand of a turbo sit and go. Should I push, raise, or call?

I'm always weary of going all in at the start of tourney's for two reasons. Firstly, there are usually a fair few bad players and your likely to get a few callers with average cards and secondly i hate going out at the beginning becuase then i dont even get a bit of entertainment for my buy in cost.

shoutman

What is the buy in?

IF it was a small buy in ie five dollars id be inclined to push at the worst you are fifty fifty, however if you feel you are better then your oppenents (which is hard to judge cause its the first hand) I would possibly fold.
Strange putting in 240 into a thirty pot. The guy obviously doesnt want a caller and/or is possibly drunk.

Bananna man

Buy in was $10

Rnger

How fast are the blinds rising in a PokerStars turbo? On tribeca they rise every 1 minute.

Because its a turbo aswel as being a $10 game i would push here. Theres a high enough chane you will be called by A-Q/J. Turbo games are a crapshoot especially in a 9-seater, early chips matter alot more

fuzzbox

Just fold - what hands open raise to 12x the BB?

Meh - I fold this here all day.

Hectorjelly

Look at all that dead money - all in

fuzzbox

Hectorjelly wrote:

Look at all that dead money - all in

All I would be doing would be adding to the dead money !!!!

ianmc38

If its a minute level like Tribeca, then its a push for me.

The C Kid

Bananna man wrote:

I'm always weary of going all in at the start of tourney's for two reasons. Firstly, there are usually a fair few bad players and your likely to get a few callers with average cards and secondly i hate going out at the beginning becuase then i dont even get a bit of entertainment for my buy in cost.

Having read the above I'd suggest that you definitely consider another form of poker than Turbo SNGs.

Running Bing

Definate raise for me here. If you push your only gonna get called by kings or aces this early in the tourney. Id bet for value here and also to see where I stand with regards ot the opening raiser.

Running Bing

Missed the fact that it was a turbo sng. Never played one of these before but Id push in this tourney.:)

RoundTower

Turbo tournament, you have the nuts, push and get called by AJ.

bohsman

Turbo its a push, although structure is better than tribeca you still need to double up quickly.