bubble hand in question

04-29-2004, 08:03 PM

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bubble hand in question

12 players left. Top 10 are in the money. Blinds are 8k-16k. I have 21k UTG. The average stack is 34k with the largest stack having maybe 62k. The blinds are very very very high. Everyone is playing supper tight trying to squeeze into the money. Final table should chop (99% sure). I get Ks8d. What to do?

This was a very tough decision for me. I felt that on average this would be the best hand a majority of the time compared to what I would recieve on the BB so I decided to move all in. After lossing I started thinking more about it and came to a conclusion that perhaps I should have threw it away and saw my BB. Reason being is that there is a good chance everyone will fold to me knowing that I am pot dedicated and there is also a chance that more than two people will move all in in front of me and I can throw my hand on the BB and sneak into the money. Thoughts?

04-30-2004, 12:43 AM

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You made the best decision you could right there, K8o is a decent hand and when forced to play it, you are not in that bad of a situation. If you were to wait one more hand for the BB, there is no telling what cards you would have recieved and with you not having enough for a full SB, someone with a hand that is marginal or better in late position will certainly put you all-in. This is simply because you are dedicated to that pot and to fold there would be foolish regardless of what hole cards you held.

Unfortuanatly, your K8o didn't hold up and you were eliminated from the tourny just a few spots out of the money. However, this doesn't mean that it was the wrong decision in my opinion.

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06-25-2004, 06:34 PM

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Why go all in when you can fold

Against random hands, K8o is a marginal winner, but just that marginal. So it is not a bad play and maybe the only one you had. But you have this hand and the next hand before your small blind puts you all in and maybe someone else is feeling the pressure and two people get knocked out in one hand, maybe you get aces in the BB, maybe in the SB, and you live for 8 more hands enough to get you in the money. You have to make a stand I agree, but I hate going all in with marginal hands. Maybe in the BB no one raises and you get to see the flop with 8-4 and make a full house, maybe everyone folds to your BB (you did say it was ultra-tight). I would feel down and out UTG and not expect to win with the upcoming blinds, but I would like to think I would have the game force me out before making an uncomfortable decision like that just because in that situation, usually someone else will slip up just in time for you to make the money. Just an opinion and not that I haven't been the one who slipped up

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