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World Series of Poker (WSOP) Situation: Final table of a 9 handed tournament that started with 1,500 entrants. Blinds / Antes: 60K/120K/3K Your Position / Stack: Button / 520K Your Hand: AdQs Action: UTG is the chip leader and raises to 300K with 2M behind. Folded around to you. You’re the 2nd shortest stack. SB has 900K and BB has 350K behind his big blind. ... What’s your play?
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Hmmm, I'm playing for first. I'm definately going to ship it here I think, hoping he has jacks. Of course i haven't been sitting with him for 14 hours, or have a good read, also I'm not sure what the buy-in was and what busting out means in real dollar amounts. interesting question though.
I guess I am shipping it due to the fact that you have less than 5BB and shoving with AQ is perfectly legit. When you are sitting with that kind of stack, I guess it's time to hit the ALL IN button.
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No matter what cards I have, there is no winning against the chip leader, or one who has a huge stack. Only play here is allin preflop. All poker sites make sure the chip stacks win, regardless of their cards.
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Posted by huffinator: smooth call, and reguardless of the flop i push as hard as i can
Yeah! I agree! Stop and go strategy would be perfect here. This is ideal spot for using stop and go. call him and go all in after the flop no matter what flop is...But only if you think that those two players behind you will fold. If you are not sure then ship it!
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This iis also my impression that I got on several hands. That nearly all time the all the time the big stack / chipleader wins in if it comes to a showdown.
