tough decision in 15,000 HKD buyin PLO MTT at Macau
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tough decision in 15,000 HKD buyin PLO MTT at Macau
Hi,everyone,
There were less than 50 players registered in this tour, and I had a tough time from the very beginning, although the game was not hard to beat. I could see 2 or 3 reg on each table.
Starting chips were 12,000 and each level would last for an hour. When this hand happened, I just lost a big pot and had less than 9,000 remained. The blinds were 150/300.
I had AAK6 ss utg. If I raise, no matter how much, I was pretty sure that there would be several callers, so I just limped and planned to give up if I didn't hit set A. I got 2 limpers behind. SB mini raise to 600 and BB called. Since I could put more than1/3 of my stack in the pot preflop, I raised the pot to 3000. SB and BB called. Flop came with 77J of two spades. SB raised 4000, and BB folded. I did not have any spade in my hand.
My thought was that SB did not have J full house, otherwise,he would just X/C my allin. He could have a 7, or hit a J with flush draw. Since SPR was less than 0.5, I moved allin with less than 6,000. SB showed 6789ds, and I did not catch my A, so I got knocked out.
Before I moved allin, I really felt that I was beat. If I folded, I still had around 20bb, and that was enough to make my way back in this game, considering most of my opponents were easy to beat.
My questions are:
1. Did I make a mistake preflop to raise the pot?
2.Should I fold if I really think I am beat?So, I can wait for a better chance to gamble?
Thanks
Bob
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u got in the most money you could pre with the nuts, you did fine.
the postflop will come with experience. when the SB leads, he's like super strong. you already showed massive pre flop strength so that makes it even harder to just donk bluff into two guys. his bluffs are strong semi bluffs at worse, like pair plus flush draw.
u don't fold when "you are beat," you fold when it expects to have the largest expectation. sometimes you are "beat" but have proper odds to call so perhaps we should say "behind" but in reality a call may be profitable(if pot odds exceed our chance of winning). so, here I would have been cautious. versus villains leading range into two guys, given pre flop action, I would label him a very very strong range which includes a lot of sevens, pairs + FD's, wraps and I'd say it's the stronger portions of those options (his lead)
I didn't look at exact numbers but to continue on this flop I think you would need insanely good odds on your all in call.
I like your original thinking about playing the hand (specifically MTT) careful for set value being OOP. The limp - reraise will not accomplish that. I would rather start building a pot with a pre flop raise, then pay fit or fold vs. all the callers. This not only preserves your stack better, but it allows you to get more than 1/3 your stack in if you get the chance to 4 bet, and you put less money in when you "miss".
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