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Bounty Hunter tournament - Fold, Call or Shove?
GaryQQQ
Member Posts: 6,804
This is the first level of a Bounty Hunter tournament. The £10 buy-in means the field should be fairly competant. A search shows that xx is a winning player, he has been fairly active but you have no reliable reads yet. The turn card is favourable and nobody has really shown any strength so far so you decide to put in a bet, player xx check-raises. You have no made hand and zero show down value, but you do have loads of outs.
What would you do next, and why? (poll under hand history)
What would you do next, and why? (poll under hand history)
| Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small blind | 10.00 | 10.00 | 1940.00 | ||
| Big blind | 20.00 | 30.00 | 1740.00 | ||
| Your hole cards |
| ||||
| xx | Call | 20.00 | 50.00 | 2615.00 | |
| Fold | |||||
| Call | 20.00 | 70.00 | 1570.00 | ||
| You | Call | 20.00 | 90.00 | 2175.00 | |
| Fold | |||||
| Raise | 40.00 | 130.00 | 1700.00 | ||
| xx | Call | 40.00 | 170.00 | 2575.00 | |
| Call | 40.00 | 210.00 | 1530.00 | ||
| You | Call | 40.00 | 250.00 | 2135.00 | |
| Flop | |||||
| |||||
| Bet | 100.00 | 350.00 | 1600.00 | ||
| xx | Call | 100.00 | 450.00 | 2475.00 | |
| Fold | |||||
| You | Call | 100.00 | 550.00 | 2035.00 | |
| Turn | |||||
| |||||
| Check | |||||
| xx | Check | ||||
| You | Bet | 475.00 | 1025.00 | 1560.00 | |
| Fold | |||||
| xx | Raise | 1225.00 | 2250.00 | 1250.00 | |
Comments
if they have fh gl to them u have alot of outs if they have trips or 2 pair
I'd fold, shoving is terrible as we have 0 fold equity and I don't like calling either as he could easily have one of our draws crushed (and there's a small chance we're already drawing dead). But there's no way I'd get to the turn anyway.
I know! lol i was just guessing which i do like to do, but i understand and do use ranges when i play. unless i have super reads
JJ shut up fool ur just jealous as you didnt instigate it lol
lol i cant win :-( depends on player most the time ranges, others specific happy ;-)
At the time I immediately put xx on a slowplayed 6, the worst case scenario would be the unlikely 55 or 88 in which case I was already drawing dead, but I think A6 or similar fits his line much better. With so many outs to my straight or flush I should've been happy to get it all-in with another card to come, though I do realise a couple of my outs would actually mean I lose to a full house. A shove is better than a call because it chases out bluffs that are ahead of me at the moment and maybe some of the weaker made hands, A8 for example.
There was another factor that influences my decision, I satellited into this tournament for only £2.40 (if you see me playing in a £10+ event I have nearly always satellited in), I'm now in a situation where I can play safe and fold, but then have to rebuild from 75% of starting stack, or take a gamble which means I'm either going to bust out, wave goodbye to my £2.40 and just move on to the next tournament, or double-up and put myself in a strong position in a £10 tournament as table captain with a fairly reckless image. Taking the gamble and shoving becomes an easy choice for me considering those factors even if it isn't correct mathematically.