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Bounty Hunter - 2 pre-flop shoves - do you call with AK?

GaryQQQGaryQQQ Member Posts: 6,804
edited July 2011 in The Poker Clinic
What do you do in this spot guys and why? This is the early stages of a low buy-in Bounty Hunter.

Player A has just moved to the table and this is his very first hand. Bizzarely he quickly open shoves his 63BB, I have no notes on this player, he is unknown to me.

Player B has a bit of a think then decides to stick his stack in too, this guy has been playing a very loose and aggresive style. He may be on tilt, in the previous hand I doubled off him with my pocket 7s against his aggresively played 42o.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
GaryQQQ Small blind  30.00 30.00 3350.00
Malagas1 Big blind  60.00 90.00 3300.00
 Your hole cards
  • K
  • A
   
bekki650 Fold     
player A All-in  3815.00 3905.00 0.00
player B All-in  1062.50 4967.50 0.00
CUJimmi Fold     
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  • TommyDTommyD Member Posts: 4,389
    edited July 2011
    I don't love it but I call.  2 bounties in the middle.  Chance to become a big stack early on in a MTT, if not we can log onto another.  AK is going to play well against the ranges, let's take the race.
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH Member Posts: 17,929
    edited July 2011
    Think this is an easier call than it looks.

    Obv you're snap calling the open shove, and the 2nd shove shouldn't concern you too much due to his stack size.

    So I just pretty much ignore the 2nd shove, and snap call as I would have had he folded.


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  • Dudeskin8Dudeskin8 Member Posts: 6,228
    edited July 2011
    I'd just fold.
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  • JohnConnorJohnConnor Member Posts: 1,160
    edited July 2011
    In Response to Re: Bounty Hunter - 2 pre-flop shoves - do you call with AK?:
    Think this is an easier call than it looks. Obv you're snap calling the open shove, and the 2nd shove shouldn't concern you too much due to his stack size. So I just pretty much ignore the 2nd shove, and snap call as I would have had he folded.
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    This.
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  • YOUNG_GUNYOUNG_GUN Member Posts: 8,948
    edited July 2011
    Think its a snap fold 1 person who shoved has you covered so only 1 bounty from what i can see?? if you have both covered i think its easier to call but not at risk for 1 bounty with nothing invested other then 1bb
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  • goodylad21goodylad21 Member Posts: 693
    edited July 2011
    If it was a friday night i would call (always run well on fridays)

    If it was any other night i fold (only ever win races on friday)

    This is a very easy call in a BH :)
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  • grantorinograntorino Member Posts: 4,710
    edited July 2011
    I call, but Im a huge station
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  • debdobs_67debdobs_67 Member Posts: 3,615
    edited July 2011
    In Response to Re: Bounty Hunter - 2 pre-flop shoves - do you call with AK?:
    I call, but Im a huge station
    Posted by grantorino
    +1 its a call for me defo xx
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  • leon621leon621 Member Posts: 266
    edited July 2011
    In Response to Re: Bounty Hunter - 2 pre-flop shoves - do you call with AK?:
    Think this is an easier call than it looks. Obv you're snap calling the open shove, and the 2nd shove shouldn't concern you too much due to his stack size. So I just pretty much ignore the 2nd shove, and snap call as I would have had he folded.
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH

    +1

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  • GaryQQQGaryQQQ Member Posts: 6,804
    edited July 2011
    It's a high variance play, but an easy call for me too.

    A huge open shove like that is almost never AA or KK, so can I safely assume I'm flipping against the unknown at worst. The short stack shoving makes my call a much easier decision. I can now assume that if I bink an A or K I'll be more than doubling up and taking a bounty too, so the second shove actually makes my call much more profitable.

    Player A turned over AQo, Player B had Q9o.
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  • corn_rat22corn_rat22 Member Posts: 144
    edited July 2011
    I never fold, evevevever
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