Posted Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:19 pm GMT by tame_deuces
Live 6-man Rebuy Tourney. NL. Top two get paid. 4 left. Re-buy period is over. Starting chips 500.
Blinds about 50/100.
Hero has about 1500.SB.
Station has about 3000.Button.
LAG has about 1500. UTG
Villain 3 has about 2000. BB.
Station does not raise preflop never. He does know a good hand from a bad hand etc. but simply doesn't raise them, he probably won't call with junk preflop. After the flop he plays pretty straightforward.
Lag is a madman. A raise from him means 'Look, I have two cards!'
Villain 3 is a good player.
Hero is dealt: A  Q 
LAG raises to 400, Station Calls, Hero...?
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Posted Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:58 pm GMT by zinn0
Personally, I would call and see the flop. You never know what either player would do when faced with a reraise. You might be forced to make a tough decision without even seeing the flop.
Posted Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:07 pm GMT by Phil14312
Calling a seeing a flop leaves you with about 900 chips in a pot that is going to be at least 1200. I re-raise all-in. LAG could have any two, calling station could have a wide range of hands. Push it in and take the pot down pre-flop, if not you might get called and still be ahead of your fair-share of hands.
Posted Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:19 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
I think calling is the worst move here, because it leaves the pot bigger than your stack. I'd say your only moves are either to fold, or to move all-in. Between the two, I'd pick all-in, because LAG could have a wide variety of hands, and the station is probably just along for the ride. Time to use the old squeeze play and force a real decision. Villain 3 will probably lay down anything but a premium hand, since the action has been raise-call-reraise in front of him.
Posted Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:49 am GMT by Muck
Like Diamond I’d say push or fold are you’re best options and again I’d say to go with the push.
Motivations:
The stacks don’t suggest you can wait your way into 3rd.
Four hands AQo isn’t bad.
Squeeze (already mentioned).
There’s a lot of money already in the pot to help your odds. If you pick it up great, if you get a caller you’re probably not that far behind, you might even be ahead.
Posted Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:25 pm GMT by UrAteUp
All-in baby. 3rd place isn't good enough to get crap so go for the win.
Like everyone else said if you flat call that then your left with just a few chips and would have to wait till you see some good cards to play. So my thinking here is all-in and if you bomb out fire up another.
Posted Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:35 pm GMT by snoogins47
Pushpushpush.
Posted Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:57 pm GMT by Loonbat
The AQo hand that still tortures me to this day, even after several months. Realize that the reraise came from a drunk (literally) maniac who was pushing any two:
Hand #359
PokerStars Game #1887870747: Tournament #8381982, Hold'em No Limit - Level
XX (20000/40000) - 2005/06/12 - 22:19:18 (ET)
Table '8381982 267' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Seta Sipoo (688680 in chips)
Seat 2: Mackas (702840 in chips)
Seat 3: Loonbat (268315 in chips)
Seat 4: bowser444 (65128 in chips)
Seat 5: t soprano (423332 in chips)
Seat 6: yancu (93624 in chips)
Seat 7: Mel Pimpin (391213 in chips)
Seta Sipoo: posts the ante 2000
Mackas: posts the ante 2000
Loonbat: posts the ante 2000
bowser444: posts the ante 2000
t soprano: posts the ante 2000
yancu: posts the ante 2000
Mel Pimpin: posts the ante 2000
Mel Pimpin: posts small blind 20000
Seta Sipoo: posts big blind 40000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Loonbat  
Jeffrisl observer said, "nice mel, all this way on the $3 sat."
Mackas: folds
Katte-M observer said, "gl"
Loonbat: raises 80000 to 120000
bowser444: folds
t soprano: folds
yancu: folds
Mel Pimpin: raises 80000 to 200000
Seta Sipoo: folds
Loonbat: raises 66315 to 266315 and is all-in
Mel Pimpin: calls 66315
*** FLOP ***   
mdouglass observer said, "misclick?"
StealMyBlind observer said, "omg"
StealMyBlind observer said, "do it baby"
earlybird893 observer said, "NUTS UBER HUGE"
StealMyBlind observer said, "do it"
*** TURN *** 
StealMyBlind observer said, "go go go"
*** RIVER *** 
StealMyBlind observer said, "one time"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Mel Pimpin: shows   (a straight, Six to Ten)
Loonbat: shows (a pair of Tens)
StealMyBlind observer said, "hahahaa"
StealMyBlind observer said, "ahahahahha"
earlybird893 observer said, "i like it"
jameslif51 observer said, "lol"
Mel Pimpin collected 586630 from pot
t soprano said, "nh"
StealMyBlind observer said, "haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 586630 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Seta Sipoo (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Mackas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Loonbat showed and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 4: bowser444 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: t soprano folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: yancu (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Mel Pimpin (small blind) showed and won (586630) with a
straight, Six to Ten
Posted Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:04 pm GMT by QuietOne
4 people left? AQ is a all in hand. I'd hope that the maniac calls me and I double up. You late in the tourny and you have to go for the win. A besides, in 4 handed poker, AQo is a great hand.
Posted Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:33 pm GMT by tame_deuces
Well, AQo looked like a monster so I pushed my chips in. Unfortunately they both called and I was up against 99 from laggy and AKs from mr 'raise preflop? NEVAH!' . Flop brings a K and that's all she wrote. 
Good thing to hear people favour a push though, this entire hand has nagged me a little.
Posted Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:22 am GMT by TheSalche
| tame_deuces wrote: | Well, AQo looked like a monster so I pushed my chips in. Unfortunately they both called and I was up against 99 from laggy and AKs from mr 'raise preflop? NEVAH!' . Flop brings a K and that's all she wrote.
Good thing to hear people favour a push though, this entire hand has nagged me a little. |
You do realize you have 1000 posts now right?
I hate playing with uber passive calling stations sometimes
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