FatBoyFat Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Not sure if I dropped a bollock in the Blue Sq game tonight. No reads on any players to inform a decision. At 100/200 I raised to 600 in EP with QQ. Got a RR to put me all-in from a big stack and then a call all-in from a 1800 stack. I folded [thinking it was marginal] and they flipped over AK and AT. I don't need to say that the QQ would have held up. Was this marginal or too passive for a freeroll? Play any different if you are in a buy-in game? Any thoughts? FBF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Re: Played QQ too passive? In a freeroll I find it VERY tough to put down QQ pre flop :unsure I think I'm calling the all in every time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatBoyFat Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Re: Played QQ too passive? Cheers GaF. I think you might be right, I think you might be wrong, but then I htink there is probably no right answer here without any reads. For me I think it is one of those where I will fold sometimes and call other times. If it had been a heads-up call though I am doing it every time. It was the all-in call by the other stack that spooked me. However, nice to know that there are players out there who will call a R and a RR with ATo for all their stack. FBF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Re: Played QQ too passive? nice to know that there are players out there who will call a R and a RR with ATo for all their stack. It's a freeroll - they're doing it with hands like 93o too :tongue2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Re: Played QQ too passive? Not sure if I dropped a bollock in the Blue Sq game tonight. No reads on any players to inform a decision. At 100/200 I raised to 600 in EP with QQ. Got a RR to put me all-in from a big stack and then a call all-in from a 1800 stack. I folded [thinking it was marginal] and they flipped over AK and AT. I don't need to say that the QQ would have held up. Was this marginal or too passive for a freeroll? Play any different if you are in a buy-in game? Any thoughts? FBF What was your stack size, if you are both miles ahead of the 1800 stack, then you can lose to him, but win a perhaps larger side pot. In a decent game, with less than 40% of my chips comitted to the pot, you have room to fold, with more than 40% of my chips in the pot, or a buy-in of less than $20 I'm pushing with my QQ. Only times I may lay it down is a bubble situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatBoyFat Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Re: Played QQ too passive? What was your stack size, if you are both miles ahead of the 1800 stack, then you can lose to him, but win a perhaps larger side pot. In a decent game, with less than 40% of my chips comitted to the pot, you have room to fold, with more than 40% of my chips in the pot, or a buy-in of less than $20 I'm pushing with my QQ. Only times I may lay it down is a bubble situation Cheers AJ. I think I had just over 1700, so the 600 raise was about 35% of my stack. Now i think about it I probably should have pushed given that the tourny only played 10 places. FBF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gazza271 Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Re: Played QQ too passive? Cheers AJ. I think I had just over 1700, so the 600 raise was about 35% of my stack. Now i think about it I probably should have pushed given that the tourny only played 10 places. FBF I think with a stack of 1700 I would have pushed tbh :ok I would find it very hard to lay down with blinds/my stack at that size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveO Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Re: Played QQ too passive? You can't lay this hand down with blinds the size they are, you have the third best possible starting hand if either has aa or kk so be it. Automatic call, can't believe you folded to be honest you're now left with 1100 and probably won't come across a better position in the game again. Had you pushed allin which you should have, the decision would have been taken away from you and you would have trebled up. Hope this makes you feel better:ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhornet Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Re: Played QQ too passive? These freerolls with 700 runners and only 10 prizes creates a different dynamic to other tourneys. You have to call in this situation. Ironically, in the same tournament last night holding AQs in the BB with about 2000 chips, a relatively loose player went all-in for 4000, was called by a shortie all-in for his last 1000, and I folded:wall. I knew damn well I had to call because of the dynamic of the tournament, yet still saw AQs as probably behind one of the all-in's. They turned over AT and JJ and I would have won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatBoyFat Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Re: Played QQ too passive? CHeers for the replies lads. I think a push was the order of the day. FBF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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