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Originally Posted by Sprayed
You need to study. You don't make calculations at the table. Implied odds will primarily help you to make post flop decisions when stacks are deep enough. In tournaments, you are faced with more shallow stack decisions. Therefore, knowing when to call all ins or when to shove when short is very important.
I know I have to study. I am studying when I can. I'm trying to get better.
But, I will say, I'd have estimated this at about 50-50, and looking at what others have posted, I'd be right. For all in pre flop, implied odds clearly don't exist, so I have to make a decision pretty quickly based on whether I think it's + or - ev. I'd fold 99, because I'm not sure enough it's +ev. TT I think I call here, because it probably is, and JJ+ is obviously not something I'm going to think too long and hard about.
Here's two hands in a row from the freeroll at Pokerstars today...
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 0 Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
saw flop | saw showdown
CO (t1365)
Button (t1350)
SB (t1545)
BB (t1365)
Hero (UTG) (t2220)
UTG+1 (t1365)
MP1 (t1255)
MP2 (t1365)
MP3 (t1670)
Hero's M: 49.33
Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, A
Hero bets t120, 6 folds, SB calls t105, 1 fold
Flop: (t270) 3, 2, 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t150, SB calls t150
Turn: (t570) 9 (2 players)
SB bets t210, Hero folds
Total pot: t570
Results:
SB didn't show
Outcome: SB won t570
Next hand...
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 0 Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
saw flop | saw showdown
MP3 (t1365)
CO (t1350)
Button (t1845)
SB (t1335)
Hero (BB) (t1950)
UTG (t1365)
UTG+1 (t1255)
MP1 (t1365)
MP2 (t1670)
Hero's M: 43.33
Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, 10
6 folds, Button bets t120, 1 fold, Hero raises to t420, Button raises to t1845 (All-In), Hero calls t1425
Flop: (t3705) 7, Q, 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t3705) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t3705) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t3705
Results:
Button had J, A (high card, Ace).
Hero had 10, 10 (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: Hero won t3705
The tens... was this the right move, or was it tilt, after being forced off AKs? Am I right to reraise someone I suspect of being a lunatic? Or best to flat here?
Basically, am I playing like an idiot?
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