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Blinds 150 300 with ante

You are heads up and have 22000
Other guy has 2800

You get dealt A2 o/s
He pushes in

Call? Or wait for a better spot?

I'd probably pass but not much in it. 

Not sure what others will think but I'd rather have him having to make the decision rather than me, so I'd be pushing a lot from the sb and looking to wait for a slightly better hand to call a push.

Fold. 

Push on the next hand.

Thx guys

After the "heat of the moment" that would also be my advice.

Oh well,,,

PS : Can the mods remove the Irish open banner from the main page? Its a painfull reminder :( lol

yeah..fold and keep the pressure up on the next hands.

Call

Fold, wait for him to make a mistake.

Interestingly,,,,,,,,,,,

I have had the view from 2 well known Pro's who have said the call IS a no brainer.

Just goes to show there is no right or wrong answer.

Paul, I call in that spot every time.

I'm assumimg from your later post that it went pear shaped but what did he have in that hand and wht happened?

thanks

even  i instacacall !!

Please supply the hands not including a 2 that A2 is a big favorite over?

I don't know why ppl are so keen to gamble, poker is about making less mistakes than your opponent not happily embracing situations where your opponent has to gamble (you don't) and cant be making a big mistake.

u got to call here also h2h any A is massive esp with your chip advange you want to take the shot while he is short not let him nick more chips next time u get a hand to call with it will cost your more and more if u pass this one up,  imo i also call here with any K  he is most likely pushing with any connector or any suited cards,  and if you take the shot now you still have a chip advantage and can play proper poker as it is its only ever going to be all-in pre,   i dont agree with the post push from the sb with any 2 what if u get 29 or something simlar ? still push ? lol

I dont call here with pretty much any two like jjandellis says. but i do call here with your hand. You still have 19200 to his 5600 if you lose so i dont see much problem.

Yes - he then has the decision to call and can make the mistake of folding. 

I think the call is a no-brainer to be honest.   You're ahead of his range with a massive chip lead, if you lose you still have a massive chip lead.  He probably pushes most hands here.   

doubleup - If you're ahead of his range its a mistake to fold.

a) he is never a big dog vs your hand, you are a big dog against a lot of his hands

b) If he wins he has a playable stack rather than being a pushbot, if you pass he is still a pushbot.

This is certainly interesting topic.

I insta called, taking my shot to "wrap" it up with my Ace, knowing that I would still have a commanding chip lead if I lost.

For the person who asked, he had K Q and hit two Q's on the flop.

Yes it went wrong from then on, he hit everything. Fair play to the guy. It was a great heads up battle.

If you see his cards (KQ) do you call?

This is such an easy call, all those who say fold make sure i never agree to swap a % with you!

lol

LOL

Your usual insightful contribution.

It was actually a serious question, I imagine the %age favourite you are with A2 over KQ is similar to the %age favourite you'd be over a realistic hand range for him. 

Seems like you're keen on waiting for a situation where you definitely have him dominated.  How long before this happens?  How many chips will he have by then?  Probably more than the 5K he'll have if you double him up here!

How do you know what his range is?  If his range is any 2 broadway, any pair, any ace you don't have a call and you're 3-1 on to steal his blind next hand.

How am I waiting to have him dominated when I'm happy to push with any two next hand?   

lol @ folding.

If you fold and push on the next hand - that's hardly passive.

Yes.

You could just keep doing that all day, each push from the button, 6hrs later you will still have to call 1 of them eventually.

You'll win as the blinds go up and he'll eventually be blinded away...;whistle;

I really dont see why you cant fold and wait for aces.

I call alll day

I'm a bit slow into this one, sorry, but it reminded me of something shown on last years WSOP.  It's a little bit hazy by now, so correct me if I'm wrong.

Not the main event, Joe Hachem got HU with a lesser player. ( I forget his name, I'll call him Bob ).

Bob had a chip lead & his game plan was to get Hachem all in as often as possible, whether he had the best hand or not.  Hachem was happy as long as he had the best hand, Bob was working on the idea that eventually the maths would drop in his favour.  He might be a 2/1 dog each hand, but that meant that  in 3 or 4 hands he was likely to win.

Eventually it worked.

I think in this case similar tactics sound good to me.  It's not gambling, it's using the mathematical fact that you need to have him all in before you can win, and it doesn't matter if you are 4/1 favourite or 4/1 dog, do it enough times & one will fall in your favour.

Problem is, every time he wins he doubles up and gets more powerful............fine line.

You mean well known pro Dutch Boyd?

I agree easy call in relation to chip stacks esp holding an Ace. Before you posted his holding Iwould have said hes likely to push with any pictures which he did. ul gg

Is this the first time he has gone all in?

How did he end up with 2800, has he just lost a big pot? maybe it's a frustrated push.

Even if you double him up he'll only have around 6,000 and you'll have around 19,000. Still a healthy lead heads up. This might be worth a calculated gamble to end it right now

If this is the first time he has pushed then I'd give him credit for having an Ace or a pair rather than just random shite.