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Gonso · Three of a Kind Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 88

There are a number of things about this hand that would have made me fold.

1) This guy after you, no matter what he might of had, was making a total donkey move one way or the other... but a lot of donks will all-in preflop with premium hands - I've seen AA or KK a lot in that situation... players like that don't know any other way to double up.

2) It's only the second hand of the tournament. You have plenty of time to figure out what this guy is all about, and outplay him.

3) The WORST hand I could put on a guy in that situation is probably AK, and even then I would have been surprised to see it. What did you reasonably expect him to have that you could beat? A pair of nines?

AllInDrawinDead · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject:

AK vs. QQ is a trainwreck waiting to happen. That is why I like to smooth call a raise with these hands when I have position. If you are the initial raiser and get reraised then it is a judgement call. AK is easier to throw away than QQ though.
There's nothing wrong with racing early on in a tournament. If you double through right away you are going to be able to pick up more chips quicker and that is what tournament play is all about. Accumulating chips. Everyone seems to think that when they lose a race that they played it wrong but the fact is that tournaments are full of these close situations and you have to gamble and you have to get lucky to win a tournament.

Gonso · Three of a Kind Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 88

There's nothing wrong with playing QQ against AK for all your chips early on, but I just suspect that you'd find better opportunities against the guy later. And, again, AK would have been the best-case scenario as far as his opponent's possible holdings, unless he was on a total bluff. AA or KK, which is what this guy was over-representing, had you in bad shape. If I fold, and the guy flips over 93 off, oh well. See how long he sticks around.

Really, what information did you have on the guy?

Another thing I'd consider is the competition at the table... if I'm a lot better than the guys around me, I'll tend to avoid coin flips a little bit more - even more so at a tight table where I can get my hands on a lot more blinds. Then again, if I'm at a tough table and having a hard time doing anything, I'd play that QQ in a hurry.

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