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Call or Fold?

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AMRN:
Let"s assume for a minute that there are say 1000 runners.... that means there are 1M chips in play, and your starting stack is 0.1% of total chips in play. You need 100% of chips to win the tourney, and some reasonable percentage just to cash......

Why would you put your tourney on the line in a coin flip situation when the outcome will be almost irrelevent in terms of the overall tourney..... the winner of the hand will double up, but will only have 0.2% of the chips in play - and will still be 99.8% short of the chips required to win.......

My point therefore is that you would be putting your life on the line on a coin flip in the hope of putting yourself into a position that is hardly different to the position you will be in you fold. Why bother?

FOLD

Swinebag:
Its a fold.

Not because its a major tourney with a big buy in, but because we have a long clock. If the donk is raising all in with AK then there will be better opportunities to get his chips than this 50/50 shot.

KK is a call though(obv), but thats a different thread isn"t it?

noble1:
hands up if anyone here has seen any top pro call a all in pre-flop with QQ whether they"ve seen the opponents cards or not , in the 1st level......
enough said - donkey poker - leave em to it...............................................

kinboshi:
Wow.

I instacall here.

Swinebag:

--- Quote from: Kinboshi on November 14, 2008, 10:23:37 AM ---
Wow.

I instacall here.

--- End quote ---


I think i know why? (either you feel you have a big enough edge in the hand or you feel that you will have to play a coin flip at some stage of the tourney so why not now)

But what is your reasoning here?

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