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Originally Posted by Offsuit27
OK, I'm playing in a $150 NL hold 'em tournament at Caesars. My stack is down to 3100 at a table of 10 players. The blinds are 400-800 and the ante is 75. A player in middle position limps. He has about 10,000 chips. The table has been solid, so I put him on JT+, 98s+ and 22+. It's folded to me in the big blind. I have K9o. I knew I certainly was not going to make him fold if I pushed, but for several orbits I had no opportunity to shove as my cards were truly awful, such as 85o. A push seemed marginal, but seemed like the best choice, so I went all-in. The limper called, turned over AJo and won the pot. I think I made the right choice, but wish I knew how to determine what my chance of success was against my opponent's range.
After that game ended, I felt my biggest mistake was in letting my stack get that low without taking any chances. So a few days later when I played in the same tournament again, when I had about 10,000 chips at a full table with the blinds 500-1000 with a 100 ante, I pushed all-in from early position with 99. A guy on the button called with AQo and I lost the coin flip. I was satisfied I made the right play, though.
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I think the K9 hand couple go either way, I wouldve probably done the same thing but who knows. The 99 hand I think is a real good hand to talk about. I really think you need to provide more information. For example, what were the other stack sizes behind you? What type of players are these? You should probably have a good idea of this at this point of the tourn. I really don't an answer for you if 99 was good enough to just push all-in early. I guess if you wouldve won, this post wouldn't be on here. But I will say this. If the players behind you are low as well then may be best to pick a better spot. Because your at the border line of pushing all in or fold due to the antes. I think in this situation, your looking for people to fold. So if they are low on chips, there gonna be calling KQ, A10, KJ, AJ, etc... So that really hurts your percentage of winning with only 99. I'm assuming it is a full table as well. But yet not enough information to justify. Point I am trying to make is provide yourself with more information so you can make easier decisions. Folding 99 against stacks as low as yours, wouldve been a good move. Against deeper stacks, I say push it, due to the fact there gonna call you with better hands which means more of a chance for them to fold. Low stacks you have almost no fold equity. 99 in early position early in tourn, your looking for people to fold in your position.