I have taken to playing the deepstack on Sunday mornings at the Moose. I basically "got my money back" the last 2 weeks in a row. The first week I had 8-8 and got called by A-Q which I had no problem with and I was ahead until the queen hit the river. It was an easy call for the other player and so it goes.
Last week I was again short stacked when we got down to four players. Dave raised a small amount on the button and seeing KQ suited in the small blind I just shoved. I think he made a very "iffy" call with A-9 offsuit, but it's hard to say with only 4 players left.
The flop brought a queen for me and I was super happy until the dealer brought runners and Dave made a straight. Great googly moogly. Fourth place again. Hindsight - if I had simply called before the flop and shoved on the flop when I hit my queen, I don't believe Dave would have called with ace high nothing. Who knows?
I really didn't think I had enough chips to simply call however so I guess I made the right play. Blinds were 2,000-4,000 and I only had 22,000 chips (20,000 after small blind). I believe Dave had about 30,000. Any thoughts?
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I hate that bubble stuff, even when everyone has agreed to pay your buy in back. You were correct to shove with your KQ with only 4 1/2 big blinds, however a "stop & go" would definitely have worked in that situation. I dealt in a tournament a few weeks ago that everyone got super deep with huge blinds...nobody had more than 4. It was free ride time in big blind, or limp for everyone. A raise earned a fold. I thought it was weird and definitely would not have played that way. Generally short handed play an ace is very strong and you should probably always raise with it and call a shove. Thus, when he raised, you could have assumed that he was ahead of you and either called and shoved after the flop when no ace appeared, or check folded if one did. I am learning that you have no playing options if you are all in. So, if you want to outplay anyone, better not to get all in preflop.
I hate that bubble stuff, even when everyone has agreed to pay your buy in back. You were correct to shove with your KQ with only 4 1/2 big blinds, however a "stop & go" would definitely have worked in that situation. I dealt in a tournament a few weeks ago that everyone got super deep with huge blinds...nobody had more than 4. It was free ride time in big blind, or limp for everyone. A raise earned a fold. I thought it was weird and definitely would not have played that way. Generally short handed play an ace is very strong and you should probably always raise with it and call a shove. Thus, when he raised, you could have assumed that he was ahead of you and either called and shoved after the flop when no ace appeared, or check folded if one did. I am learning that you have no playing options if you are all in. So, if you want to outplay anyone, better not to get all in preflop.
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