ok mr boldie
been mulling this one over in my head since last weekend lol
opinion highly sought
i like ur advice btw
so its 4 handed 18 started pays on 2..i have around 36k in BB,cutoff (CL) has around 100k,button has 50k and SB has 40k
blinds 1 and 2k,so im low man....
i get dealt AKos ,cl folds,button calls sb raises 7k..so its 6k for me to call......but i push all in
now although being the low stack i was pushing it agressively,openly bluffing..the sb is obviously new to live and is agressive,after seeing to much wpt final table coverage methinks...
anyways he dwells,and i kind of give him uncomfortable body language ( i want the call ),,he does call with KQ!!!!!
and im railed after the Queen hits the flop
how bad did i play it,how else could i have played it considering my dwindling stack??
I wouldn't pass my AK in this situation. I too would have pushed with it (maybe flat call push the flop no matter what..but my chips are in unless I know something about the SB) And I'm fine with you pushing here.
Actually dissapointed by the guy calling you. It's exactly the sort of call there's no need for in my opinion and it's what I was mainly talking about in my previous post. Yes he would have been down to 32k himself but pick up a few blinds and he would have been fine.
If someone acts like they don't want a call (like you did) they ussually actually scream "BIG SLICK!" or "MASSIVE HAND!!" so unless you are a great actor in these situations he could have known better.
I however would probably not want a call in this situation (if I don't know I have him dominated..if i know he has KQ I want him to call obviously). He could have 10-J and you find yourself a 60-40 shot. I am ussually more then happy picking up the extra 7k in the pot.
However, as only top two got paid and you essentially need to double up, pushing here is the right thing to do and getting the call is great in this case. Yes you got unlucky but there was nothing much you can do about that in this situation. You needed 60k to have a shot at winning the tourney and, untill the flop came, were in a great position to get that.
The situation I was referring to more would be the following (made up example so don't read the situation too literally)
Top 5 get paid, you are on the final table with 8 Players left and you are on the button.
CL on the table with 50k average 30k, you have 35K Blinds are 500-1000. A shortstack (less then 9K) pushes all the chippies in before betting comes to you (you have seen him slowly go nuts over not finding anything so any two face cards or even small pair he could push with), one other guy (26K) pushes his chips in too in a re-raise. This guy has been LAG.
SB and BB look ready to fold (and you have a good read on them so assume they will)
Why would you call here with AK or middle pocket pair?
I have seen soo many people do this it frightens me. The extra 34k would indeed make you CL but there's plenty of play left for you anyways so not really a need for it as the CL only has 16k more in chips then you at the moment.
This is exactly the sort of situation that you should avoid in my opinion.
I know this doesn't relate to your specific situation as you mentioned above and in your situation you made the right play but generally speaking in a tournament people should really avoid getting most (if not all) of their chips in the middle with a hand like AK unless they have a good reason to (and like I said before there should really only be two of those reasons) Especially calling with AK (and I am with highstack on this one) is not something I like to do.
Being the agressor is fine (like you were) flat calling is not ideal with it.
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