6 str STT, AK fold?

gerry87

2 paid, Blinds 100/200

Button ($4,210)
SB ($1,560)
BB ($6,230) [Hero]

Hero is BB with Ah, Kd
Preflop: (3 players, $0)
Button calls 200, SB folds, Hero raises 1,000, Button calls 1,000 and raises 3,010 and is All-In.

You?

I've been very aggressive since it got to 3, Thinking back though, why would the button risk his tournament on a coin flip when he could coast into 2nd easily, so he must have a hand. If i call i'm shortstack too, so risk going out third. Should i have just moved folded and moved on as soon as he puts up a fight?

This sort of thing has happened a few times lately

Lafortezza

Any reads on Villain? Is he the type of player to do this with AQ or AJ or is this always a pair or another AK?

I'd call since you're getting good odds, there's a chance he has a much worse hand, and you're still alive in the STT if you call and lose.

gerry87

lafortezza wrote:

Any reads on Villain? Is he the type of player to do this with AQ or AJ or is this always a pair or another AK?

I'd call since you're getting good odds, there's a chance he has a much worse hand, and you're still alive in the STT if you call and lose.

no real reads pre-flop, has made some dubious calls throughout the game tho. first time he's done this, has been letting hands go without a fight since we got down to 3.

Mr. Flibble

I call unless I'm supremly confident of my ability to outplay them and therefore want to play small bet poker, which is unlikly to happen as the blinds are getting big. 2100 to win 5410 are decent odds, plus you will be in great shape if you win vs a 1560 stack.

gerry87

Mr. Flibble wrote:

I call unless I'm supremly confident of my ability to outplay them and therefore want to play small bet poker, which is unlikly to happen as the blinds are getting big. 2100 to win 5410 are decent odds, plus you will be in great shape if you win vs a 1560 stack.

He didnt show me anything to say i couldnt beat him heads up, and i had been stealing alot on the bubble, probably started with 3.5k when we got to three.

Villan had QQ and won (clearly, or else i wouldnt be thinking about the hand)

How do you play it if you were the villian? Would you have pushed or called to see a flop?

wayfarer

You shouldn't be raising to 1000 here if you don't want to call a push.

fuzzbox

If villain has been limping a lot 3-handed, then I dont mind the raise, and I call the push.

If villain has not been limping very often, then I just take a flop and see what happens from there.

usually when some1 limps out of-character late in a tourney - they have a big hand. I try to let them fvck it up for themselves postflop.