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  1. #1

    Default $16 Turbo - 2 hands to review

    How would you play these two hands?

    Hand 1 - This was the first time he pushed from the SB. At this point he had a VPIP of 30.8 and a Total Aggression of 15.38. Is AJo strong enough to call here or is folding WAAAY too weak?

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

    CO (t1910)
    Button (t2795)
    SB (t1315)
    Hero (t1445)
    UTG (t540)
    MP1 (t2875)
    MP2 (t2620)

    Preflop: Hero is BB with A, J.
    5 folds, SB raises to t1365, Hero ???

    Hand 2 - I hate Aces with Low kickers. Would you call here?

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (3 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

    BB (t4530)
    Button (t3661)
    Hero (t5309)

    Preflop: Hero is SB with 2, A.
    Button raises to t3611, Hero ????
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  2. #2
    could someone put these thru SNGPT.
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  3. #3
    Hand 1 - given your read on SB, I would call this. From your observations, he seems pretty LAgg so if he pushes any pair, any ace and KT+ this is +1.1% EV. If blinds were 75/150 I would instacall this, at 50/100 it's closer but I still call.

    Hand 2 - This is very read dependent. The breakeven push range for Villain for this to be a +EV call is 22+,A2+,K3o+,K2s+,Q9o+,Q6s+,JTo,J9s+,T9s (39%), which strikes me as quite a wide range even though Villain only has 6x BB. My tendency would be to fold this - at best you're a 60/40 favourite dominated by any ace or PP.
  4. #4
    Hand1: From my experience in $16 turbos this kind of overbet is either low-mid PP or total crap. I think a call here is EV+

    hand2: I fold this, you are dominated by PP or Ax, and pretty much even money or a bit ahead with most other hands. On top of that you have the BB yet to act.
    The lowest Ax I call this is A8


  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by TLR
    Hand1: From my experience in $16 turbos this kind of overbet is either low-mid PP or total crap. I think a call here is EV+
    I think you are right here, however I folded because I felt like I was in a position to wait for a better spot to get all of my chips in (utilizing first in vigorish for example).

    Quote Originally Posted by TLR
    hand2: I fold this, you are dominated by PP or Ax, and pretty much even money or a bit ahead with most other hands. On top of that you have the BB yet to act.
    The lowest Ax I call this is A8
    Agreed. In this case he flipped over K7s and out drew me, however I think you are correct that, in the long run, this is a -EV call.
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