Fold Preflop?

[ripjohngotti]

$10+$1 (real money), hand #834,426,037
Fort Worth Single Table Tournament, 10 Aug 2006 10:23 PM
View Previous hand for this table.
Seat 6: Jeremy161 ($6,925 in chips)
Seat 8: RIPJohnGotti [5D,8D] ($4,140 in chips)
Seat 10: Fawkeye ($3,935 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
RIPJohnGotti posts blind ($200), Fawkeye posts blind ($400).

PRE-FLOP
Jeremy161 calls $400, RIPJohnGotti calls $200, Fawkeye checks.

FLOP [board cards 9C,AH,AD ]
RIPJohnGotti checks, Fawkeye checks, Jeremy161 checks.

TURN [board cards 9C,AH,AD,6H ]
RIPJohnGotti checks, Fawkeye checks, Jeremy161 checks.

RIVER [board cards 9C,AH,AD,6H,7D ]
RIPJohnGotti bets $3,000, Fawkeye folds, Jeremy161 bets $6,000, RIPJohnGotti calls $740 and is all-in.

SHOWDOWN
Jeremy161 shows [ 6S,AC ]
RIPJohnGotti mucks cards [ 5D,8D ]
Jeremy161 wins $2,260, Jeremy161 wins $8,680.

[taipan168]

Instafold preflop. Push or fold only at these blind levels.

[JeffreyGB]

I think his question comes from the fact that they are three-handed, he's getting 5:1 (in SB), and the button merely limped.

A fold is standard. Other plays have more to do with stack sizes, image, and reads. You have a decent stack relative to the table, but you're not big stack and the blinds are enormous (meaning three things...the pot is important to you, making a move is something you'll have to do soon, and you can apply significant pressure to the other players, but only by risking your stack).

Depending on reads, that could well be enough to make me call if I'm confident I can take them off of a missed flop. It would take a pretty strong read to make me raise/push here.

[Fimanoid]

i could see both the fold and complete the sb preflop.

[baudib]

i would complete, especially against a button who would limp with A6 here.

you presumably have two live suited cards and could hit a concealed monster.

if he has AK you get paid off here. oh well. nh gg