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  1. #1

    Default $5.50 MTT: AK Question

    What is the best play in this low stakes spot?

    PokerStars Hand #139424748815: Tournament #1292681457, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (20/40) - 2015/08/15 16:05:06 ET
    Table '1292681457 26' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
    Seat 1: MALPELLIKA (3000 in chips)
    Seat 2: warp986 (2804 in chips)
    Seat 3: Sr.Caos (2940 in chips)
    Seat 4: dymeek (3155 in chips)
    Seat 5: xlea1991! (2940 in chips)
    Seat 6: tellyac (3000 in chips)
    Seat 7: legendalv (2918 in chips)
    Seat 8: Daniel72ko (2955 in chips)
    Seat 9: poker men451 (6365 in chips)
    dymeek: posts small blind 20
    xlea1991!: posts big blind 40
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to Daniel72ko [Ks Ah]
    tellyac: folds
    legendalv: folds
    Daniel72ko: raises 80 to 120
    poker men451: folds
    MALPELLIKA: calls 120
    warp986: calls 120
    Sr.Caos: calls 120
    dymeek: raises 80 to 200
    xlea1991!: folds
    Daniel72ko:
  2. #2
    Shove it and hope that you're flipping with lots of overlay from all the flat callers who fold.
  3. #3
    Did you notice anything in the hand where he won a pot? If he took down a raised pot at flop, was he the raiser? Was his sizing reasonable in that spot? Have you got any reads at all?

    Assuming we have no reason to think this guy is bad, I'm gonna tread carefully here due to his sizing. I doubt very much I find a fold though. I'd likely call this and reassess flop. Had he made it bigger, well I'd be a lot more tempted to shove. His sizing screams a big pair though, it really doesn't look like he wants you to go anywhere.
    Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
    ongies gonna ong
  4. #4
    Well villain is either a terrible player, or this is a misclick. I'd be inclined to think this is a misclick, as his results aren't too bad and he looks reggish based on the number of mtts he plays (Google his screen name and the word poker).

    I'd be inclined to reraise and call it off and not worry about it too much if he has it (and pick up a decent amount of dead money if he did misclick). That said, I like to take a few risks early in an mtt to build a big stack and bully the rest of the table. I don't like calling in this spot pre as we'll end up with a family pot and we'll almost never be good if all the money goes in on an ace or king high flop. Will be interesting to see what others think.
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    Play this exactly how u would a full ring cash game where everyone is 100 BB deep. You can make a decent argument for almost any play here.
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    Blinds are tiny, like Onga said I would call and reassess on the flop.

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