HORSE Scoop High (part 1)
Posted by Christopher George
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Minute 26 or so, is the complete/fold of split jacks in stud high to a raise by an ace OK? Is this nitty tournament play?
These types of folds are very exploitative. If the A that raises here has a balanced range, the jacks shouldn't be folding. There is a dead jack which hurts his hand and I can see potentially that being enough of a reason to fold vs a solid/tight player. I personally am calling here vs the raise. The structure is good and the price is great. The jack has a two flush that can also turn into a stronger hand. If I was going to fold jacks here it would be with a dead unsuited kicker, and I would need the solid read that the ace was solid/tight reg.
Christopher George Love the content for this, planning on playing a few limit tournaments coming up at LAPC and getting some studying in. I do think you need to pay attention to stack sizes a bit more in the feedback. A number of the plays you were questioning were directly correlated to the stack depths, Senkel's give up in stud, Nilsef's 3b vrs the shortest stack, WTFOMG's open with the t95, and WTFOMG's raise with the 777 when godlike is already committed.
I agree. I sometimes miss stack sizes as I'm a cash game player and have a bad habit of assuming stacks are able to go to showdown. I'll be more cognizant of this in the future!
Ya, this an just ICM pressure. Even if it's early at a final table, I do think it affects the ranges people are willing to open and even in some cases defend. I can also be fascinating to figure out who is altering their play in what ways due to ICM and who isn't.
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