Question of the Day

[muzzington]

I couldn't resist posting this one.

Background:

Blinds: $2/$4

Your stack: $425

Villain's stack: $565

You are playing in a fairly tough six-max game online. The big blind is a pretty competent regular. He is capable of reraising light and is on the looser end of the TAG-LAG spectrum. In this hand everyone folds to you and you make it $14 to go on the button and he three-bets to $40 in the big blind. You elect to four-bet to $95 with your and he flat-calls. The flop comes and he bets $160. What should you do?

Fold... Raise... Call... Raise all-in...

[Bacon]

I couldn't resist posting this one.

Background:

Blinds: $2/$4

Your stack: $425

Villain's stack: $565

You are playing in a fairly tough six-max game online. The big blind is a pretty competent regular. He is capable of reraising light and is on the looser end of the TAG-LAG spectrum. In this hand everyone folds to you and you make it $14 to go on the button and he three-bets to $40 in the big blind. You elect to four-bet to $95 with your and he flat-calls. The flop comes and he bets $160. What should you do?

Fold... Raise... Call... Raise all-in...

I'd raise all-in. If he'd had a better hand than your JJ, the flat-call for $95 would've been re-raised.

JJ is a gun hand here

[David]

Wouldn't be surprised if he's sitting on A9 suited, but then again AK/KQ seems like a common play for him too.

It's a 50/50 play - all in or fold really.

No calling though - because what can you expect to get to better your hand with? One of two jacks and that's it. Calling gives him more chances to improve.

[Garth Kay]

I don't believe him. I would raise all in.
Any KQ or KJ is a lay down to a four bet, pre flop.

KK does not require the player to lead at that flop.

QQ is a shove all in preflop.

AK is a possibility, but again, i think it would be check - shove in that scenario.

I double fist pump and push my chips all in here.

[muzzington]

Answer:

Raise all-in. His line does not make sense here with almost any king. A-K would almost always have shoved in pre-flop; the same can be said for KK; and K-Q would not call your four-bet. So you are left with AA, QQ (unlikely again because would have shoved pre-flop), JJ, and smaller pocket pairs. If he had a hand like AA or a set, why wouldn't he check-shove? You are c-betting fairly often and that guarantees the money going in. His line just does not look like a hand that beats yours. Get it in now, despite the overcard, and hope for the best.

[muzzington]

Hey Pete.

Question:

Your hand:

Your stack: $6000

SB's stack: $2000

There are three players left in the late stages of your online sit-and-go and you are the chip leader. In this hand it’s folded around to the small blind, who shoves all-in. You assume that he will do this with the top 60% of hands. Should you call?

[Garth Kay]

I would probably call.

No comment on blinds, and I take it three players left, includes me in the BB?

If he is shoving with such a wide variety of hands then I have a fair amount of equity in the hand.

In other words the majority of the time my K high would be good in this situation.

[Bacon]

I'm not Pete... but I'd call. If you lose, then you are still equal in chips to this person.

Given they are pushing with a large range of hands, I'm hoping they've got JT or Q8 or something.

[muzzington]

You're in the BB and the blinds are 200/400. They're all in for 2000 total, and you've got 400 already in with 5600 left behind.

[Garth Kay]

Just noticed the hey Pete.

Sorry Muzz.

I'm still calling anyways