I think this is probably the easiest call ever.

Thing is...we're mid-tournament ($100 buy-in), still over ~35 players left (from a total of 58).

Best case scenario, I'm behind and have a race situation where I'm slightly ahead... win and I'm in a good position chip-wise, lose and I'm down to ~10k chips with blinds about to hit 400/800 and 500/1000 (in another 15 min) which basically doesn't leave much leeway.

Again...strictly looking at pot odds, it's an easy call.

Suppose I check, and I see that I don't hit anything...and he goes all-in after the turn. What now? Same hand, but now the pot odds don't justify a call...

That's why I'm wondering if I shoulda just checked to see a free card.

Would have you played this differently?

yes, i wouldnt try to steal blinds from someone who has a perfect reshove stack

but as played you have to call

Originally Posted by tightagressive

why so much preflop?

Point was to hopefully steal the blinds...pretty sure that anything less was a guaranteed call by at least 1, if not both. Might as well not do anything at that point, no? (which may have been a better option overall)

Originally Posted by tightagressive

and on the flop it's the easiest call ever

why would you bet if you are folding to a shove from that stack size? if you were going to bet fold why not just check the flop?

I guess that's where I've been going...I should have checked, and then see where he was going...agression got the better of me I guess.

That's the thing I've been trying to work on my tournament play - controlled agression as opposed to simply deciding beforehand that once I'm in, I'm in no matter what...Lately, it's been either that (not being patient enough) or being bordering weak-tight (!) which I've definitely worked on this last MTT to make sure that I wasn't...

btw...results below (highlight):

Did call...He showed A4, and didn't hit any of my outs.

That pretty much crippled me though...once blind were 400/800, I did go to see a raised flop with KQs that didn't hit, and had to fold to an all-in (he had top pair). After that, i was on life support and went all in with QT and got called by BB with A7, and that was it for me.

So I've been trying to figure out what went wrong with this hand.

Options are:

1) Just fold and nevermind trying to go for the blinds (that button moving away on the table is what got me thinking about trying)

or, if attempting to steal
2) Check the flop and hope to hit (which I'm now thinking was probably what I should have done)

3) Put in a bet (which I did) and either fold to the all-in - strictly a tournament survival call (non-call!) at this point
4) Put in a bet and call the all-in...which did me in


So, I guess the other question is - once I did put in that bet on the flop (as bad as it may have been, putting me in this position)...how much do you consider tournament survival vs strictly pot odds...

So you've already put in $4k, the pot is $6k and your thinking of folding here to $5k more? With a K high flush draw on the flop. If you lose you still have $10k, if you fold you have $15k, if you win you have $28k... you should have decided what you would do if he pushd before you bet the flop. This is an insta-call.