tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7288636227753973886.post5971421662679409887..comments2024-03-09T12:19:55.833-08:00Comments on PokerBug: Folding Kings Preflop in MTTsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7288636227753973886.post-83892451568412730942012-10-05T13:50:14.628-07:002012-10-05T13:50:14.628-07:00OK I'm replying to my own comment. :-)
Lying ...OK I'm replying to my own comment. :-)<br /><br />Lying in bed this morning, just as I'm getting ready to start my day, the thought came to me that your **AA comment likely was facetious! Solar_tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055784892494516863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7288636227753973886.post-69374379363079419972012-10-05T03:47:58.405-07:002012-10-05T03:47:58.405-07:00Bug, I pretty much agree with you till you get to ...Bug, I pretty much agree with you till you get to the **AA footnote. You are talking about hand 1, you have 3 other players, at this point, that you know nothing about and you will be calling all-in and going to the River with at least one of them. At best, if all three stay and you win you'll just add 30,000 chips to your stack your stack, nice, but if you lose you go home. <br /><br />What story will you have to tell back home? Oh yeah, as BB I called an all-in on hand one with my pocket A's. Damn player sucked out on me on the River with junk. Or, damn player also had AA and hit a flush on the River. Or damn player hit a set with a smaller pocket pair, or any number of other scenarios that can beat your pocket A's. And then when they ask "why did you call that all-in on hand one?" What do you say?<br /><br />To my mind it's way too early in the tournament to risk everything by calling an all-in, even when I have pocket A's.<br /><br />Now, if the 3rd player had just RR to T3600 chips, leaving it open for you to be the one to RR all-in, maybe it would be worth the risk, and if you were lucky all three might fold and you'd pick up a decent number of chips.<br /><br />As one of this year's WSOP players said as he folded the winning hand where a call would put him all-in, "I don't want to bust out of here on a call."Solar_tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055784892494516863noreply@blogger.com