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99 in BB in a satellite 2 to go to the tickets facing an SB shove

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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Fold or Call?

If I fold, I may not be able to fold into the money. If I call and lose, I'm out
I took all the time I could, but in the end I realized that SB should be shoving any two here and called.

What is the correct play here?
If only one to go, I would fold anything — even AA

Pacific Poker - 32500/65000 Ante 6500 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 252,846
Hero (BB): 153,508
UTG: 174,511
UTG+1: 350,540
UTG+2: 49,624
MP: 51,546
MP+1: 121,266
CO: 86,816

8 players post ante of 6,500, Hero posts BB 65,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 117,000) Hero has 9♠:9♦:

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 246,346 and is all-in, Hero calls 82,008 and is all-in

Flop: (346,016, 2 players) 8♥:6♣:4♦:

Turn: (346,016, 2 players) 3♠:

River: (346,016, 2 players) 9♣:

BTN shows K♦:A♣: (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 45%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows 9♠:9♦: (Three of a Kind, Nines)
(Pre 55%, Flop 76%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 346,016


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

ICM is a huge factor for sure. I don't know how many players are left, but even if this is a final table you can almost fold ITM with 3 extreme short stacks at the table, but with the huge blinds you will lose chips fast as well.

With 2 or more tables left in the tournament this would be a fold with your entire range. Than you can fold in to a seat for sure.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by SDK1987
ICM is a huge factor for sure. I don't know how many players are left, but even if this is a final table you can almost fold ITM with 3 extreme short stacks at the table, but with the huge blinds you will lose chips fast as well.

With 2 or more tables left in the tournament this would be a fold with your entire range. Than you can fold in to a seat for sure.

Cheers,
SDK1987

Yeah — I didn't have time to do the math, but I forgot to mention that this was the last hand at this level.
If I fold this, I'm forced all in by the new ante+new SB — and even if I squeak by, I'm all in on the button.

I also didn't check the player list to see who the shortest stacks were, and what position they were.
I'll remember to do that for next time

There were 39 players left, 37 paid.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

With that in mind you can't do much else than stacking off if you are forced all-in in the next hand. Indeed checking how your position is compare to other short stacks is important in spots like this.


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by SDK1987
With that in mind you can't do much else than stacking off if you are forced all-in in the next hand. Indeed checking how your position is compare to other short stacks is important in spots like this.

So noted — thanks!


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NoMoreKing
Joined: 06.04.2018

Clear fold with these stacksizes.
Routine question in sats situations like this: What is your chance of winning if folded and then compare that with your assumed equity.
Here I approx it to over 85% with those other shortstacks


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