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live donkament, shovel in BB vs limpers?

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  1. #1

    Post live donkament, shovel in BB vs limpers?

    So we're in the 4th blind level (beginning of the second hour) and I've just lost over half my stack the hand previous. Started with 4 tables, still all tables pretty much full. I'm down to about 13BB.

    I'm in the BB, and there's multiple limpers, say 5 including SB completing. Look down at ATo. I shove thinking everybody's ranges are mostly capped to hands I'm ahead of or flipping against, and I have pretty good fold equity with plenty of dead money to snap up. Std, or is there another play here?
  2. #2
    Nope, just shovel. You do not really want to play ATo in a raised pot that much. vs idiots you could standard raise something like JJ AK+ if you wanted but I would shovel those too.

    I assumed this is 13 bb pre ante fwiw.
  3. #3
    Perhaps a more interesting second question to pose here might be, "what's the worst hand you would shovel here?"
  4. #4
    as dneureiter said, can be a lot of idiots and in my opinion with so many limpers it s hard to shove. maybe a raise i think.
  5. #5
    actually, dneureiter said that it's hard to play a raised pot postflop OOP with a hand like this, and therefore it's a shove.
  6. #6
    Yeah, easy shove with or without antes, otherwise you get in stupid post flop posts.
  7. #7
    you'll see AJ/AQ/99 much much more than you think/should although they may fold.

    still it seems like you have to go with it. I would tank A9/77 and not jam anything worse.

    it isn't so much you are not OK shoving A8, but it feels thin and 13 BBs is still plenty live, i routinely get folds with 4-5BB shoves even after antes start.
  8. #8
    I like the shovel. Side note: Beware of heros that may be calling you lighter than normal b/c they think this is a tilt shove based on loss on previous hand.
    "Fish Can't Hear. ™" - Zerbet
  9. #9
    Gl getting the big stacks to fold here, multiple limpers is not good, someone is going to call. Question is, do you want them to?...with at...uh no prolly not.
    I would wait for a better or even just less contested hand. (just you and the blinds, yes shove!)

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