Bad beat ...

[Grits and Shins]

Local NL tournament, blinds are up to 100-200, 7 players left, I have 1100 in chips ... while not the short stack I'm about 3rd from last in chip position.

 

2 have limped in ... you look down and have pocket 10s.

 

What do you do?

[muck]

how many are left to act?

 

what are the chip stacks like for the blinds?

[Chief Dick]

Depends. If that was the best starting hand I've seen in awhile I go all in.

[Easy n Dirty]

I push - you have 1100 chips with blinds at 100-200, this is an easy all in IMO.

[SheikYerbuti]

Your M is less than 4. . . .send it in.

[Big Country]

Yup... you push hoping to take it down, but knowing that if you get called you are probably a slight favorite. THe first limper is the only person to really be scared of at this point (assuming he is a competent player, I am always wary of a first position limper). THe second limper would have a much wider range of hands. I say push, an if you get called hope iot is an underpair but expect to see something more like a high ace or KQ and hope you win the race.

[Zooty]

You have to push at this point. You probably won't see a better hand before you are blinded.

 

Hopefully you tipped the dealer and caught a 10.

[Grits and Shins]

I went all in.

 

Big stack calls me for almost half his stack. He has suited 8-9. Board flops 9-9-3. That was all she wrote.

[TheShiznit]

I went all in.

 

Big stack calls me for almost half his stack. He has suited 8-9. Board flops 9-9-3. That was all she wrote.

 

Why would someone call 1100 chips with a suited 8,9. It seems they were first position, so they had only 200 chips at risk before the all in by you. I hate lucky ass no skill players like that. They certainly took a huge risk...too high of a price for the odds in my book.

[SheikYerbuti]

I went all in.

Big stack calls me for almost half his stack. He has suited 8-9. Board flops 9-9-3. That was all she wrote.

 

You made way the right decision and got it in GREAT. Well played.

 

Of course, the results sucked, but that's out of our control.

[CaptainHook]

. . . playing in tourney, down to two tables, and I am the small stack at my table. Get pocket aces. Go all in. Big stack calls me. He has suited 10, J. Flop is 10, 10, J. Good night.

[SheikYerbuti]

. . . playing in tourney, down to two tables, and I am the small stack at my table. Get pocket aces. Go all in. Big stack calls me. He has suited 10, J. Flop is 10, 10, J. Good night.

 

 

You see, now there you should have folded pre-flop. C'mon man. . you gotta think these things through!

 

[Big Country]

Why would someone call 1100 chips with a suited 8,9. It seems they were first position, so they had only 200 chips at risk before the all in by you. I hate lucky ass no skill players like that. They certainly took a huge risk...too high of a price for the odds in my book.

 

Well, he was getting 2 to 1 on his money, about the right price for the hand Grits had (an overpair), and definitely the right price if grits had 2 overs or an underpair.

 

So, I don't fault the call if he were closing the action, but with 2 EP limpers still to act (we havent been told their stack sizes), he may well be risking a lot more of his stack.

[cre8tiff]

Of course, he could have been cheeting.

[TimC]

Coul've been worse

[TimC]

. . . playing in tourney, down to two tables, and I am the small stack at my table. Get pocket aces. Go all in. Big stack calls me. He has suited 10, J. Flop is 10, 10, J. Good night.

 

Suited 10, J is my fave hand...because, you know, it's sooted.

[wildcat2334]

yup- easy push there -

 

certainly not the worst beat