UK Poker Championship - £560 ME Hand

First hand I probably jam. We are far enough away from the money that we have to gain some chips and people will likely fold to a UTG jam. But then I am an OMC...

Second hand I fold with 77 to a UTG open preflop. Every time I jam here with under 10 blinds I get called by an overpair. Except for once I got called by AK and was knocked out. And we can't go set mining. Because we aren't in a blind we can't do a stop n go either.

Third hand I probably fold as well. You don't say what your position is though. We likely have no Fold Equity. But this one is questionable because opener can have any PP and any Ax and probably a lot of disconnected hands if he was raising K7o.

I think that's all correct. (Including that your position and stack are missing from hand 3 - two to the left of the big stack, I see. How many people are at the table?

You don't really have fold equity in hand 2, and you don't want to get into a flipping-at-best situation this close to the money. Unless you're the shortest stack by some measure and the other players are smart about ICM. But it sounds like the opener's range is pretty tight.

Hand 3 I assume is a similar situation. With a wider opening range from the big stack it might be a jam if you do have fold equity. But you don't want to be auto-called for pot odds by like A8o or KTo here.

Also an important consideration - in both hand 2 and 3 you have a significant number of people behind you who could wake up with something.

Thanks guys.

There were 9 players at the table.

Yeah so the first hand with KJs - I actually elected to min raise. Given how tight the table seemed, I felt like it might actually get through and if there was a call, I'd be able to see a flop with a playable hand - any piece and it's obviously going in. I felt a jam here personally was a mistake at this table - felt like the only thing I'm getting called with from an UTG jam would be dominating me - rightly or wrongly, felt like the right thing to do.

The 77 hand - yeah, I tank folded - felt again like we'd either be absolutely crushed or flipping at the very best. I think I'd have rejammed 88+ (maybe 99+) but it was a close spot.

The last hand, I was MP. I actually did elect to rejam the 66. Felt at the time given how wide he was likely opening (what, 20 to 30% given he's shown up with K7o) it was a +EV play. It folded back around to him and he said "I think I should fold here but you saw the K7 hand so it might be a call". He tanked a little and called off with A9s and spiked a 9. I did turn a flush draw which gave me some added equity, but wasn't to be.

Hi OP

KJs utg. Don’t mind the min raise given tight table dynamic and how strong it looks.

77. Easy fold.

66. Consider the position V opened from - UTG1. I’d think about shoving 66 if they’d opened from BTN, CO and perhaps HJ is getting close. Not horrible, but I’m
folding this.

Think about which stacks at this table have the most significant icm pressure leading up to the bubble.

If your stack size is 150K thatÂ’s a bit less than four orbits but still a decent shove. I probably shove the KJs. YouÂ’ll likely only be called by a big stack with a premium hand. Folding isnÂ’t wrong either. Probably have to go with your table read and what your image is.

I think the other two are clear folds.

Thanks mate.

The decision with the 66 hand was tough. Blind levels were up in 4 minutes to 10000/20000/20000 and I had 150000. Felt like I had to make a move soonish and that this, even if I did get it in flipping might be the best opportunity before my stack dwindled.

Very similar to Leo’s bustout hand in the ME only this time the runner runner flush didnt hit.

Hey, you got it in aggressively with the best hand, though you had to be pretty sure he was opening a bit stronger than K7o after being forced to show it. But 66 is probably still ahead and if you win you now have six orbits at the new level.

I think I now agree with you with more information.

KJs UTG too loose? I have to disagree - fine hand to open with and like I said, with the table dynamics I felt like a min raise would be fine - risk averse hybrid approach. Feel like a fold here would be too nitty personally.

Of course, I'd have loved to have min cashed but like I said, I wasn't in a position to just sit and wait - had to find a spot and go for it.

Just in case he was the BB, would you s&g regardless of the flop? Only HU or 2 players too?

If I was the BB with < 10 bb's I doubt I would call with 66 if another player had called. But if we are HU I would think about it and S&G based a little on the flop. I wouldn't jam if there was a 6 on the flop, I would likely c/r all in or just call (most likely if it was a rainbow flop or all one suit) and wait until the turn or river to get it in. I also am hesitant to do the stop and go with an A on board. Or if all cards are > 6 and two or 3 are broadway.