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Call an all-in far from money, 5 players to act

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vlzvl
Joined: 17.03.2014

Americas Cardroom $10 Freeroll - On Demand - NLHE Tournament (MTTSNG, Regular) - 30/60 Blinds - 8 players

UTG+1: 3570 (60 bb)
MP: 335 (6 bb), (16) VP:29 PFR:0 AF:1.0 3B:0 AS:0 FS:100 CB:0 FC:0 WS:66 W$:50
Hero (MP+1): 1395 (23 bb)
HJ: 1280 (21 bb)
CO: 4090 (68 bb), (19) VP:38 PFR:14 AF:0.3 3B:0 AS:0 FS:0 CB:100 FC:100 WS:20 W$:100
BTN: 3780 (63 bb), (4) VP:50 PFR:50 AF:0.0 3B:66 AS:0 FS:0 CB:0 FC:0 WS:50 W$:100
SB: 2070 (35 bb)
BB: 1485 (25 bb)

Preflop: (90) Hero is MP+1 with A :heart: 9 :club:
1 fold, MP raises to 335 all in, Hero ???

So i act second after the pusher and i believe this is a call against his ~6 bb all-in.
However i don't feel OK with just calling with my 23 bb stack against this number of active players.
Do you think i should shove instead?
I found off-the-table that there were several clues about shoving this hand instead:

  • number of active players
  • good pot
  • expensive call

In the end i justed called and won the hand _cool:


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DedoMassivo
Joined: 01.03.2017

I always find those spots risky since there are so many players left to act :P

I think that your hand is not strong enough to isolate/shove here but I may be wrong... I think that the 6 bb's allin and call should do the job without putting more of you chips here.

Judging by the stack, the Villain is probably spewing after losing a big pot with A2o or something xD so he will be shoving with any two cards probably, making your hand far ahead of his range.
Now, what would you do if another player shoves here? I would like to know...

I hope that more people come here and discuss this but I think that your call is ok since in these freerolls, from my experience, people will still call your all-ins with any kind of marginal hands like KTs/o, JTs, QJs/o, etc, and you don't want to bust your tourney against a lottery caller like that.

Good Luck!
Cheers!


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

It looks like a freeroll SNG and then you can expect anything, but pre-ante with so many players behind I would most of the time fold here. Otherwise I would shove to isolate the short stack. This way you aren’t playing too often multi way. If you call and someone else is shoving you need to fold for sure.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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vlzvl
Joined: 17.03.2014

I see, thanx guys.
It seems one needs more $EV when dealing with this number of active players and imbalances of stacks which changes dramatically the calling ranges and destroying my plan. (i'm using far-from-money chart from Kill Everyone, in fact i could be wrong calling here :f_cry:)
Not the usual SNG i play at all, they typically bring 600-700 players, perhaps a call here is far better on STT tables which i'm more used to.


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angalius
Joined: 10.11.2011

I would fold this hand especially in a freeroll, where many players will call your raise with small pairs, broadways, bad cards with good equity and a lot of better hands as well, if I would have 11bb or less I would shove it, but calling here is out of the question.


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insomnia666
Joined: 31.07.2010

easy fold


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