Monday, September 11, 2006

 

QQ preflop again

Here's another QQ preflop hand that is similar to the one I posted yesterday. This time however, I decided to make the call since the shortie's pushing range is rather large and consequently, MP3's isolation reraise range is wider than that in yesterday's hand.

Blinds: t20/t40

UTG: t200
UTG+1: t1980
MP1: t1860
MP2: t4100
MP3: t2080
CO: t1850
Button: t1990
Hero: t1960
BB: t3980

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is SB with :qh :qd
UTG raises all-in t200, 3 folds, MP3 raises to t510, 2 folds, Hero raises all-in t1940, BB folds, MP3 calls t1450 (pot was t2690).
Flop: :8d :5c :7d (t4000, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t640, Sidepot 1: t3360)
Turn: :3c (t4000, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t640, Sidepot 1: t3360)
River: :td (t4000, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t640, Sidepot 1: t3360)
Results:
Final pot: t4000
MP3 shows Kh Ad
Hero shows Qh Qd
UTG shows 8s 7s

I think MP3 played his AK poorly. Raising was the correct play to isolate the shortie, however, he was not deep enough to be able to fold his hand to an all-in reraise behind him. Hence, he should have reraised all-in to isolate. With an all-in isolation raise, only KK and AA would be confident enough to make the call whilst putting a lot of pressure on JJ, QQ, AQ and AK. I think I still would have made the call if he had moved in instead of iso-raising but it'll be a much tougher call to make.

On a side note, I hate CRT monitors. I hooked up my laptop to my old 17inch CRT and it's hurting my eyes. I miss you LCD.

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