Was it the right move?

willteabagu wasn't just loose/aggressive. He was a downright reckless SOB. But an SOB who was getting cards and getting lucky. It looked like it was his night.

He would go all-in preflop with anything from 54o to AKs. I just decided to gamble. What would you have done?

Results in white.

***** Hand History for Game 1458385066 *****
30/60 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 8802932) - Wed Jan 19 01:51:49 EST 2005
Table Table 11914 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: ngericl (1675)
Seat 5: CrazyTrader (503)
Seat 6: willteabagu (4722)
Seat 7: tamis1 (1100)
ngericl posts small blind (15)
CrazyTrader posts big blind (30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ngericl [ Qc, Ad ]
willteabagu raises (800) to 800
tamis1 folds.
ngericl calls (785)
CrazyTrader folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9h, 2s, Js ]
ngericl checks.
willteabagu bets (800)
ngericl raises (875) to 875
ngericl is all-In.
willteabagu calls (75)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4s ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 5h ]
Creating Main Pot with $3380 with ngericl
** Summary **
Main Pot: 3380 |
Board: [ 9h 2s Js 4s 5h ]
ngericl balance 3380, bet 1675, collected 3380, net +1705 [ Qc Ad ] [ high card ace -- Ad,Qc,Js,9h,5h ]
willteabagu balance 3047, lost 1675 [ 8h 6h ] [ high card jack -- Js,9h,8h,6h,5h ]

It´s really hard to put him on anything as he could have just about anything. Preflop, you´re likely to have the best hand, postflop is harder to say. However, you really can´t fold in that situation, if you could, you probably shouldn´t have called PF. Hell, I´d say you´re most likely to have the best hand at the flop. In a ring game, it would be the easiest call, but in a tourney, I don´t know. It depends on where you are in the game and things like that. With a small stack, close to desperate, I would see a chance to double up. With the biggest stack, I would see a chance to bring in some easy extra chips without risking too much. In this situation, I think it´s bad. It looks like you are playing in the bubble and you´re second in stack size. In this situation, the chip leader isn´t exactly the guy you want to mess with. I´d stay out of the hand and try to get the other two loonies bust out before trying anything risky.

EDIT: I misread your hand, thought you pushed pre-flop. I would have come over him early and make him make the decision. Do not ever call half your stack in a tourney except for deception with a monster.

Good call playing the hand agains the nutball, just not the way I would have.

- sed

sed this was a SNG. and he did push preflop a raise of 800

Originally Posted by Corey

sed this was a SNG. and he did push preflop a raise of 800

huh? I read it that way the first time as well... hence the edit.

Seat 1: ngericl (1675)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ngericl [ Qc, Ad ]
willteabagu raises (800) to 800
ngericl calls (785)
CrazyTrader folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9h, 2s, Js ]
ngericl checks.
willteabagu bets (800)
ngericl raises (875) to 875
ngericl is all-In.
willteabagu calls (75)

- sed

go pet your monkey its being mean again.

for some reason I'd rather pet your avatar...

- sed

Originally Posted by sed

for some reason I'd rather pet your avatar...

- sed

werd

Yep, the way you put it, that guy's an idiot, and AQo will dominate him in *most* situations.

Good call.