AJ sooted very early in a deep stacked e-mail tournament. (1 Viewer)

[Chippy McChiperson]

Starting stacks are 30k, blinds are 50/100. Stacks range between 23.7k and 36.3k. Utg raise to 300, has raised 3 of the first four hands so far. utg+1 and utg+2 both call, hero looks down and has AJdd. this has been a fairly tight table up to this point. What should hero do?

 

[bentax1978]

I would call.

 

[jbutler]

I can see the case for raising here - you're well ahead of the raiser's range and reasonably likely to be ahead of the callers' ranges - but stack depth and 3-bet calling ranges of the villains are not in our favor imo. I say call.

 

[Ronoh]

Sounds like the PCF format. If that's the case raise to 900 to start building a pot for the back door flush draw you're going to flop. 900 isn't much of your stack and it's less than the BB will be in 15 minutes anyways

 

[Ben]

What's hero's position/how many players at table? I'd say raise if you need to to buy position, otherwise flat.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

UTG+3 and ten people.

 

[manamongkids]

UTG+3 and ten people.

what site is playing 10 handed? need to make sure to avoid it

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Sorry edited the title, its this email tournament a bunch of us are doing. I thought I'd let you guys play along.

 

[slisk250]

UTG +3, Raise and eliminate some players. 300 into a 1050 pot here? Raise.

 

[manamongkids]

Sorry edited the title, its this email tournament a bunch of us are doing. I thought I'd let you guys play along.

ok, that makes more sense.

Raise 2.25-2.5x, wait 6 days for teh action to come back to you

 

[Mr Tree]

Why do I have a feeling we are playing a hand live here?

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

We are, but I'm acting before I ask for your opinion.

 

[krafticus]

Jam!??!??!?....

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Ok so I call, everyone in later position than me folds, both blinds call. 6-way to the flop, $1800 in the pot, I have position. Flop comes Ac6c4d, and everyone checks to me. Action??? (Keep in mind I can't check jam from last position).

 

[detroitdad]

Email Tourney? I'm all in pre flop just so I can either quadruple up or not get any more emails about this

 

[DrStrange]

Flat preflop. Bet 1,200 on the flop Lean towards a bet/fold line.

DrStrange

 

[MrBo]

Snap reply-all IMO

 

[krafticus]

Snap reply-all IMO

This, and then recall your email when he emails you a set....

 

[stocky]

Any live reads? Does anyone look like they want to bet? If yes check/raise.




In all seriousness I think @DrStrange would dominate these tournaments with being able to analyze each hand for hours.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Ok I bet $1250, and SB and utg raiser called. SB started with 23600, he got caught triple barrel bluffing with T9 earlier on an ace high board with no draws or anything. Winner had aces up and position and just called every street. Utg has 29.8 to start the hand and while he has raised 3/4 hands, hasn't been to active post flop. First hand took it down preflop, second he folded to someone else's bet.

Turn is 7s. It is checked to me. What should I do?

 

[kirchhausen]

Open Fold. One of them has 85 the other 89cc and is getting there on the river.

 

[krafticus]

I think you need to post your actions using wingdings font. Any miscues can be noted in a translation issue.

Seriously, lead out for about 1/3 pot, and see what happens..... I haven't played in so long, I'm not sure what to do.

 

[JoseRijo]

I would have checked turn. No one is folding, and you're just bloating the pot. I don't see either making a big river bluff vs. two opponents.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Starting stacks are 30k, blinds are 50/100. Stacks range between 23.7k and 36.3k. Utg raise to 300, has raised 3 of the first four hands so far. utg+1 and utg+2 both call, hero looks down and has AJdd. this has been a fairly tight table up to this point. What should hero do?

I like a flat here this early in the tourney. You don't want to get reraised off the pot and this hand can hit some nut holdings that a multi-way pot are good for as far as having enough opponents that you can extract value from someone (implied odds).

Ok so I call, everyone in later position than me folds, both blinds call. 6-way to the flop, $1800 in the pot, I have position. Flop comes Ac6c4d, and everyone checks to me. Action??? (Keep in mind I can't check jam from last position).

I like a bet of 1k-1.2K or so here, no one has shown interest, but there is some wetness to this flop as far as possible draws we need to be concerned with. I expect us to be ahead right now and we don't want to just give folks free cards to beat us.

Ok I bet $1250, and SB and utg raiser called. SB started with 23600, he got caught triple barrel bluffing with T9 earlier on an ace high board with no draws or anything. Winner had aces up and position and just called every street. Utg has 29.8 to start the hand and while he has raised 3/4 hands, hasn't been to active post flop. First hand took it down preflop, second he folded to someone else's bet.

Turn is 7s. It is checked to me. What should I do?

Alright, so there's 1800 + 3750 = 5,550 in the pot. You could check behind, but I think that's more relevant for a heads-up pot where you might induce a bluff from your opponent if they whiff the river. Given there are multiple players involved it's generally less likely one of them will try to run a bluff on you.

So, I'm expecting at least one of our opponents is on a draw, the other could have an Ace with a weaker kicker than yours or could also be drawing. I think stacks are deep enough that we should still bet for value here as I believe we're still ahead.

I like a bet of 2500-3K. We want to extract some value plus we have position on the river, which is KEY in this hand. We ACT LAST which is incredibly powerful. We're betting to extract additional value from someone drawing, not allowing them to outdraw us for free and not putting ourselves into a position where we feel pot committed should we get shoved into on the river.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Ok I made it $2325 and both called. Pot is now $12525. 5 of diamonds on the river. SB checks, and UTG bets $7000. I folded, but can anyone make a case for doing anything differently here?

 

[Anthony Martino]

Ok I made it $2325 and both called. Pot is now $12525. 5 of diamonds on the river. SB checks, and UTG bets $7000. I folded, but can anyone make a case for doing anything differently here?

So the board is A4675 and there's 12,525 in the pot and the original raiser bets 7K after check-calling the flop and turn. He has raised 3 of the first four hands you stated, so he's either getting good cards all at once or he's just aggressive and loose.

Now, he could be making this bet because it's a scare card and he knows it's tough for someone else to have the straight here and be able to call. Or he could be raising ATC for the most part and maybe he just got there. You do mention in your post that he hasn't been too active post-flop, just raises a lot pre. As such, that is another reason we need to give his post-flop bet some weight.

I'm ok with the fold in this spot, it's a pretty rough spot to be in unfortunately, and a great spot for him to bluff given our perceived range. But with another player in the hand, this guys extremely loose pre-flop nature and his general lack of activity post-flop, I think this leans more towards the fold camp.