Here’s a scenario I was in at the Final Table recently:
Player A – on button with 95k
Player B – SB with 16k
Me – BB with 47k
Player C – UTG with 50k
Blinds are 4k & 8k.
Prizes were 1st - £2040, 2nd - £1260, 3rd - £810 & 4th - £530.
Player A, clearly desperate for the money of a higher placed finish is happy to continue to pass until he finds Aces or at least one more is eliminated and a deal may be discussed.
Player B is a relative newbie who has been all in no less than 4 times already (with us at 4 handed, and a couple of times more when there were 5 of us left) and survived every time, normally surviving from behind.
Player C likes to get busy with a wide range of hands, and has been nibbling my blind plenty safe in the knowledge that I cannot really call once the tight Player A and the weak player B have both passed (as they tend to do).
Then the following hand comes up. Player C raises (again!) to 18k to play. Player A passes and Player B dwells. At this point I haven’t seen my cards and am hoping that player B finds a good enough hand to call all in for his remaining 12k but not that good that he survives elimination yet again! Eventually, Player C calls for what he has left. The pot now contains 42k and I look down to find
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My question and the reason for my post is this – should I pass this hand?
Given that I am writing a thread about it you will gather that I did not pass, rather I moved all in and lost to Player C, who called me in a flash when I pushed all in, despite him having 32k left and a call leaving him with only 3k should he lose.
I was ducked by Player C’s
when the
hit the flop. Player B incidentally held
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As soon as I went out, Player’s A & C chopped the top two prizes for £1650 each and I had to settle for £670 as I had to share 3rd and 4th place prize money with Player B despite my protests that I should have received the higher prize based on pre-hand chip count.
So a bad beat costs me in the region of £1000 given that I would have been chopping it with Player A had my QQ stood up and we got rid of Player C and his remaining 3k asap.
So, if I knew I would have to share 3rd and 4th with the short stack should we both go out simultaneously, should I have passed my QQ here? Should I have flat called and hoped to check it out with Player C? (Unlikely given that it was a 10 high flop making me think I am miles ahead, but giving him a set) Was my preflop reraise all in poor play given the situation and money at stake, or am I just being stupid after getting pretty unlucky?
Any opinions on any aspect of this would be gratefully received. Oh, and hi to everyone – I’m new to the board and this is my first post.
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