Interesting Spot at Final Table Bubble with TT

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Interesting Spot at Final Table Bubble with TT

I am sorry if the HH doesn't look the best, I tried to use the site's converter and kept getting "invalid hand." Anyways, this spot came up while I was streaming the other day. I only say that because it means that I immediately got very mixed feedback from the hand. Pretty much everything from great fold to you are an idiot (they might have said it in a nicer way). To me this seemed like a tough, but clear fold. This hand was in the $22 Bounty Builder and I was pretty much tied for 8th out of 10. The guy in 10th at the other table had just lost a big pot and was down to 2 big blinds. The UTG player had been turning up his aggression quit a bit as we got to the final table bubble. Given that we had all pretty much made it, with the guy with only 2 big blinds left to get through, I don't see much reason for the BTN to want to play a big pot with the UTG unless he has a huge hand. With his 3bet size it seemed to me that he was trying to induce action in a spot where he shouldn't really want to risk his stack very often. Also, there was still the BB left to act who had been going pretty crazy as well. What do you guys think?

PokerStars - 6000/12000 Ante 1800 NL - Holdem - 5 players

CO: 63.23 BB (VPIP: 28.07, PFR: 24.56, 3Bet Preflop: 11.54, Hands: 57)
BTN: 43.48 BB (VPIP: 19.30, PFR: 12.73, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 57)
Hero (SB): 13.36 BB
BB: 46.89 BB (VPIP: 34.92, PFR: 29.51, 3Bet Preflop: 4.35, Hands: 63)
UTG: 58.97 BB (VPIP: 22.46, PFR: 18.54, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 188)

5 players post ante of 0.15 BB, Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.25 BB) Hero has Tc Th
UTG raises to 2.14 BB, fold, BTN raises to 4.65 BB, fold

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ckooper 8 years ago

I think BU gets a really good spot to exploit you with a 3bet light on that flop given the icm implication. He only risk 4.65bb to win 4.39bb when you only 4bet jam with premiums since u don't want to finish 10th. I think with 13bb and given the icm implication i will open shove TT as the bottom of my shoving range. My range will be TT+,AQs+,AKo.

TVanDijk 8 years ago

As his 3B is so small, your 13Bb shove will bring enough fold equity. As he can quite easily exploit a super aggressive UTG player with a light and small 3B on button.

in short - reshove. we are not playing to come in 9th we want to win the tournament as the big money is up top. yes, ICM matters, but this is such a profitable spot that we should shove.

Douggyfr3sh 8 years ago

Def. Fold IMO given ICM considerations and the fact that the PFR comes from UTG which is the most snug range. If you were tied for 10th and 8th place had 20+bb I think we could jam here.

EDIT:

I would just model this spot in ICMIZER or HRC and get the definitive answer if I were you. I think that in these spots ICM tends to matter more than most people think but maybe I'm wrong.

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