Situations in the BB

[hangchiong]

Need some help on situations on the big blind,the 1st one is at about midgame/lategame BB and the last one is at the beginning on the game.

Full Tilt Poker Game #7429072195: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (56498184), Table 1 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:02:25 ET - 2008/07/29
Seat 3: SitNGoWoody (2,255)
Seat 4: michaelrosana (2,695)
Seat 6: 4theride (1,580)
Seat 7: littleslim1506 (895)
Seat 8: hangchiong (1,520)
Seat 9: wings19us (4,555)
littleslim1506 posts the small blind of 60
hangchiong posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hangchiong [9h 9s]
wings19us folds
SitNGoWoody has 15 seconds left to act
SitNGoWoody raises to 360
michaelrosana folds
4theride folds
littleslim1506 folds
hangchiong has 15 seconds left to act
hangchiong folds
Uncalled bet of 240 returned to SitNGoWoody
SitNGoWoody mucks
SitNGoWoody wins the pot (300)


Full Tilt Poker Game #7488418025: $2 + $0.25 Madness (56971928), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:07:10 ET - 2008/08/03
Seat 1: Turtlette2 (1,200)
Seat 2: hangchiong (1,455)
Seat 3: TheDK (1,160)
Seat 4: 5Street83 (930)
Seat 5: yukug614 (2,940)
Seat 6: kkabob (2,085)
Seat 7: mxhowe53 (2,150)
Seat 8: krypt1k (1,580)
Turtlette2 posts the small blind of 20
hangchiong posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hangchiong [Kh Ac]
TheDK folds
5Street83 raises to 930, and is all in
yukug614 has 15 seconds left to act
yukug614 folds
kkabob folds
mxhowe53 folds
krypt1k folds
Turtlette2 folds
hangchiong folds
Uncalled bet of 890 returned to 5Street83
5Street83 mucks
5Street83 wins the pot (100)

[taipan168]

In the 99 hand, I snap shove over. There's a chance that opp will fold and even if he calls, you may well have the best hand. If he has TT+ that's just a cooler.

In the AK hand, how did opp lose 40% of his stack so early in the tourney? That should give you a read as to whether he is a donk or not (but my assumption that anybody shoving this early is a donk).

[TLR]

As Tai said, shove over the first hand and call the 2nd

[hangchiong]

taking consideration on the 2nd one,it might be a coin flip,it might not
if it was a coin flip,isnt' it too early to take the risk?

i think ak is a tough hand to play in early stages at these low buy-in.my ak post flop is really bet too,although most of the time,i have 2 callers,and i mucked my hands pretty fast

[taipan168]

taking consideration on the 2nd one,it might be a coin flip,it might not
if it was a coin flip,isnt' it too early to take the risk?

i think ak is a tough hand to play in early stages at these low buy-in.my ak post flop is really bet too,although most of the time,i have 2 callers,and i mucked my hands pretty fast

"It's early" is not a reason to give up in this spot. The reason to give up is that calling is not +EV which in turn depends on opp's range. If he showed me a lower pocket pair in this spot then shoved, I would definitely fold because we need to be something like 54% to win to make this a good call whilst AKo is only 40-something to win against a lower pocket pair. HOWEVER, if he is so bad as to open shove more than 20x BB, he may be shoving Ax-type hands, and maybe even KT-KQ and QJ meaning that against his range you're more than 54% to win.