Wrong time to take a stand?
Started with 9, down to 3 players
1st place: Ticket to $100k guaranteed tournament ($162 value)
2nd place: $153
Bovada Tournament 125/250 ante 25
BB: 11,060
BTN: 11,610
Hero SB: 4,330
Pre Flop: (pot:450) Hero is SB with 2:s: 2:d:
BTN raises to 950, Hero raises to 4,305 (all-in), 1 fold, BTN calls 3,355
BTN shows: J:c: J:d:
... and does a happy dance, I assume.
Board is irrelevant: I flop a set; it was going in anyway, he rivered a straight, gg.
Was this a bad shove w/ ~9 M behind?
Note: BTN had been raising to 950 on past 3 orbits when he had BTN.
Villain's BTN raise % for 4 and 3 handed play
4-handed: 40% (2/5)
open jammed w/ 33
limped w/ A3o
^^ hand that eliminated 4th place (discussed ITT)
3-handed: 100% (3/3)
1/1 raised to 950 w/ JTs
2/2 raised to 950 w/ QQ
3/3 raised to 950 w/ JJ
^^ hand in OP
gg... He just ran hot at the perfect time.
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Originally Posted by
Fielmann
On a side-note:seems like a good play on villain's part.
No, his best play was to check it down, giving he and I equal chance to bust the short stack, making it far more likely that the short stack is eliminated. The only reason to raise here would be if he actually flopped top 2 pair+ and thought he could V-bet me. It is foolish to bet draws in this situation.
The fact that he bluffed this pot w/ A-high (and made it more likely that the short stack would continue in the event) was bad play. He would have won anyway, with the 3 OTR, and even if he lost to me, he had my stack completely dominated either way.
This was a bad play, and I encourage you argue against this reasoning, I think you'll find yourself making very dodgy and short sighted arguments.