$1 Rebuy, is this really the worst thing I could have done?

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10-12-2007, 09:41 AM
HiFi

$1 Rebuy, is this really the worst thing I could have done?

Let me preface this by saying that I've only really been playing poker with any type of regularity for less than a year. Online I'm pretty much a break-even player, and I tend to do significantly better in live games.

That being said, here's what happened yesterday (sorry I don't have the hh available right now): It's the $1 rebuy on FTP. The first hour is, naturally, totally insane, and my chip stack saw some huge fluctuations. The hand in question takes place about 10 minutes before the end of the rebuy period, and my stack was down to 965 due to a couple of lost coin flips. I'm the button and get dealt 6h 7h. Folds around the table until the action is on the player to my right (who FWIW had been very very LAGGy so far) who minraises. I had him on a low pp or A-rag (or utter crap), figured that it would pretty much be a coin flip, saw the rebuy clock ticking away, and pushed with my itty bitty stack. BB calls, raiser calls, each flip over ATo. I actually hit my hand and tripled up. The pre-flop raiser goes buck wild and calls me every name in the book.

So I ran the hand through the odds calculator, and it turns out that against two players each holding ATo, my hand was actually a slight favorite. And if only one of them had called, my hand would have only been a slight underdog. Now, I know that I didn't make the greatest play ever, but taking into account all the circumstances of this tourney, was my push really THAT bad?
10-12-2007, 10:01 AM
AHiltz

His min raise was worse then your push. End of discussion.
10-12-2007, 10:06 AM
taipan168

In general, ignore any advice you receive in the table chat. It's usually wrong.
10-12-2007, 11:57 AM
Deanglow

In a rebuy, with your stack, it is incorrect to not push this hand PF.
10-12-2007, 12:10 PM
biondino

Couple of things. Yes, your push was fine - you took the initiative with aggression and fold equity and forced the villains into what should have been a difficult decision.

However, while 67s is indeed a strong hand against high pairs, it's still a significant underdog, and you were wrong if you assumed you'd be flipping (you're a touch over 40% I think). With fold equity taken into account yes, you're fine to push here, but don't misunderstand what a coin flip is.
10-12-2007, 12:13 PM
biondino

To clarify: you are 41% against ATo, 40% against ATs, but roughly 20% vs 88-AA. Against 22-55 you are 49% and against A2-A5 you're 47%. Not bad odds, but note that you're only flipping vs junk, Ax and lower PPs.
10-12-2007, 02:05 PM
HiFi

Quote:

Originally Posted by biondino

To clarify: you are 41% against ATo, 40% against ATs, but roughly 20% vs 88-AA. Against 22-55 you are 49% and against A2-A5 you're 47%. Not bad odds, but note that you're only flipping vs junk, Ax and lower PPs.

Duly noted, thank you for your input and clarification.