Saturday, March 22, 2008

All-in with AQ (tourney)


If you add the blinds and antes then divide your chip stack by their total, you have calculated your "M". Your M will tell you how many rounds you can survive without playing a hand before the blinds deplete your stack. I've read that when your M is less than 10, it can be argued that you can move-in with nearly any good hand.

I had that in mind when I pushed on this hand. Additionally, Player 4's limp confused me and made me believe his hand was weak. Furthermore, I thought moving-in would prevent players from calling if I had just called the initial raise. Interestingly, all the players I wanted out ended-up calling.

Initially, I thought I may have been a favorite since two players had the same hand and the third a weaker hand than mine. But I was a 24% dog. The odd thing was that I didn't feel comfortable with my AQ and generally do not favor going all-in with it.


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