Poker Stars, $1.40 Buy-in (10/20 blinds, 2 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 6 Players
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Hero (SB): 520 (26 bb)
BB: 498 (24.9 bb)
UTG: 498 (24.9 bb)
MP: 498 (24.9 bb)
CO: 498 (24.9 bb)
BTN: 488 (24.4 bb)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 9
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UTG calls 20, 3 folds, Hero raises to 518 and is all-in, 2 folds
Results:
Spoiler
72 pot
Hero mucked 9
A
and won 72 (50 net)
Spots like this often confuse me. The limper was a known passive fish and I've seen him limp quite a few times before in other games.
My thought process:
If this was folded around to me, this is an easy minraise steal attempt. The limper complicates things. First off, I don't want to fold A9o in the SB, but I don't want to raise the fish to 60 chips for 3 reasons, 1) he will very likely call (and so might the big blind who was also passive), 2) I will have to play post-flop out of position, 3) my hand doesn't flop well.
So in this case I chose to shove and maximize my fold equity. Shoving for 20bb is something I try to avoid, but in this case, I feel it was better than folding. However, my mistake may be the fact that I refused to fold A9o in the SB. It's not a great hand, but I felt confident it was the best hand at the time. Looking at the hand now, it seems like a -EV play.
Any input is greatly appreciated
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