Thread: How would you play it?

4th hand of daily $55/80k on stars, so obv no read on villian

PokerStars Game #39280448284: Tournament #283010575, $50+$5 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2010/02/05 12:05:33 PT [2010/02/05 15:05:33 ET]
Table '283010575 7' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: genau0815 (3000 in chips)
Seat 2: Dirk Reems (2990 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: respect82 (2850 in chips)
Seat 4: fohelvete (3000 in chips)
Seat 5: phil_london (2970 in chips)
Seat 6: squashchamp (2950 in chips)
Seat 7: SHIPdaCHIPS (2960 in chips)
Seat 8: pokemon77 (3160 in chips)
Seat 9: psyCho810 (3120 in chips)
pokemon77: posts small blind 10
psyCho810: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPdaCHIPS [Qh Qd]
genau0815: raises 60 to 80
Dirk Reems: folds
respect82: folds
fohelvete: folds
phil_london: folds
squashchamp: folds
SHIPdaCHIPS: raises 160 to 240
pokemon77: folds
psyCho810: folds
genau0815: raises 260 to 500
Dirk Reems has returned
SHIPdaCHIPS: ???

I'm not folding here... AA or KK re-raising here just doesn't make sense to me. Not sure a smooth call is the right answer though so I just shove. Of course I play dollar SNGs and not $50 dollar MTTs so my perspective is way skewed. I am also terrible at poker.

w/ no reads, you quickly pokerdb the guy. actually i dunno where you go from there.

i probably call and definitely get it in on any non AK flop, but that's probably horrible advice.

just shove and minimize the window.

Originally Posted by Ship

4th hand of daily $55/80k on stars, so obv no read on villian

PokerStars Game #39280448284: Tournament #283010575, $50+$5 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2010/02/05 12:05:33 PT [2010/02/05 15:05:33 ET]
Table '283010575 7' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: genau0815 (3000 in chips)
Seat 2: Dirk Reems (2990 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: respect82 (2850 in chips)
Seat 4: fohelvete (3000 in chips)
Seat 5: phil_london (2970 in chips)
Seat 6: squashchamp (2950 in chips)
Seat 7: SHIPdaCHIPS (2960 in chips)
Seat 8: pokemon77 (3160 in chips)
Seat 9: psyCho810 (3120 in chips)
pokemon77: posts small blind 10
psyCho810: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPdaCHIPS [Qh Qd]
genau0815: raises 60 to 80
Dirk Reems: folds
respect82: folds
fohelvete: folds
phil_london: folds
squashchamp: folds
SHIPdaCHIPS: raises 160 to 240
pokemon77: folds
psyCho810: folds
genau0815: raises 260 to 500
Dirk Reems has returned
SHIPdaCHIPS: ???

reshippy all da chippy imo.

not enough info really to fold a premium pair here imo.

i smooth. and take it from there. if the flop comes j,10,9 high and he's still a firing, then you best be backin off. but had that bet be small, then i'd be a hootin and a hollerain

no that doesnt make sense either

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fuck em

w/o info on dude, either ship now or proceed like they are 6s imo.

pretty much a tossup, but i probably say fuck it and ship.

best to flat call and hope to catch a set i think. if you miss you still got over 100 big blinds left. what happened then ?