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Pocket queens mtt, 20 bigs
LARSON7
Member Posts: 4,494
I was playing a bh last night, pocket q s blinds 150 300. I had 6 k. There're was a limper utg.
I shoved. Was happy with a call if folded I've added 750 2 my stack. Just wondering what others think.
If u
Raise, what do you raise 2 ?
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Just think we get more value from a standard raise and BH crazies will still probably reship over you with stuff like AJ, KQ, blah blah anyway.
Sent my original post from iphone, i'll post the hand up.
I struggle sometimes playing with not many big blinds.
In cash you have 100 plus big blinds most times, which is really easy to play any hand.
In MTTs later on it's difficult sometimes to know what to do.
Since i started the MTT thread on the main forum, pretty much i like to keep all my bets the same size. At this stage i would normally always be min raising.
I hated the idea of min raising, having the limper coming along for aride, and the BB (maybe sb too) thinking they were priced in.
If i had raised this hand to 950-1000 (which sounds spot on)
On a dry board no more than J High, I would be betting to get it in on the turn.
If it was a wetboard, flushing / straight still Jack high or less i'd open shove the flop.
If it's Ace or King high, it's a lot more difficult.
Also, what is fold equity?
What i mean is, if i go to 1k, i've got 5.5 behind, the pot would be 2750 (if 1 caller).
Say the flop comes down King or Ace High and i have position.
If it is checked to me and i bet say 1400, leavig me with 4k and pot of 4150, and oppo open shoves, am i forced to call because of what's in the middle? (i only have a pot sized bet behind)
If i bet 1400 and it is called the pot is now 5.5k, with 4k behind. If it's checked again on the turn do we hope for a cheap show down, or just get it in?
I know reads will come into it just wondering from a maths perspective.
Don't just overshove flops cos you're scared of getting outdrawn, you just make it less likely you'll get called by worse hands and more likely you're inviting someone to stack you when they have a better hand. We should adjust our bet size according to board texture and by all means bet slightly more on a wet flop than you would on a dry one, but don't just overbet shove.
Say it comes 47J with 2 hearts, we can overbet shove and make them fold their FDs, A7, K7, 88-TT etc OR we can put in a decent bet and they call with their FDs A7, K7, 88-TT even though the odds are massively in our favour that their not gonna catch up by the turn. Don't be scared of being outdrawn, sometimes it will happen, but if you're constantly scared of it you'll lose SO much value by scaring people off when we want them to try to draw.
If it comes K-high or A-high and it's otherwise fairly dry like A69r or K86r then I'd cbet and as you say check the turn and hope for a cheap showdown. We're not committed at all if we have 4k behind at 150/300, if we think he'll only bet the turn or river with the A or K, then it's annoying but just fold.... better to have 15xBB than be stubborn and have none.
With limpers stack I think raising to 1k is good here
Hand him the rope.
Larson have you heard of M ratio?? It will help with your blind play late on in tourneys