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KK - Part III
hi_am_chris:
Its very early in the tournament and with the raise i guess it stops players with pp"s 55 and up or whatever "set mining" (read that somewhere). If they call with a small pair and flop a set how easy is it to get away from your kings when the flop comes 2 6 9. If you havent reraised anyone yet you probably do get more value from calling the 500 as you said but if youve been very active in the first few pots you could get action from an AK or QQ JJ TT even making the reraise. Another thing to consider is the standard of players in the tournament in the first couple of rounds. As good players (unlike myself) put it theres a lot of dead money in the pot who may make plays with inferior hands. I dont think either way of playing it is wrong, there are so many things to consider.
hi_am_chris:
And his reasoning for the 288 bet was in his own words "the raise looks like i could have AK. If i make a standard reraise to 200, his odds for set-mining are way too good" also he says if he assumes the only hands the player is going to play back with are AK QQ and KK its best to build as big a pot pre flop as possible
kinboshi:
The standard of the opposition does matter. Also the structure of the tournament is important too.
In a short-stack, fast structured tournament then you have to "gamble" early and if you get knocked out, it"s on to the next one.
kinboshi:
--- Quote from: hi_am_chris on December 30, 2007, 22:20:12 PM ---
And his reasoning for the 288 bet was in his own words "the raise looks like i could have AK. If i make a standard reraise to 200, his odds for set-mining are way too good" also he says if he assumes the only hands the player is going to play back with are AK QQ and KK its best to build as big a pot pre flop as possible
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He could have made it 300 - but I like the 288!
But like he"s said - his bet doesn"t declare his hand, whereas the re-raise by the player with KK does. The 288 bet is to induce a mistake from his opponent (with a pocket pair), not to "gain information".
kinboshi:
I think Playing AK here is far more problematic. Later on in a tournament, you"re quite happy to "get them in", but early doors it"s not a hand you want to risk a lot with.
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