Hi guys,
Just curious about this hand I played yesterday.
HUHT micro 2€
1st hand --> 25BB deep
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I get KQs in BB
Villain open shove
What would you do ?
What do the "general tendencies of the unknown micro population" say about it ?
Thanks
Hi there pierrelo
I'd probably fold. Villain is likely to have some sort of ace; even if it's only ace rag we are behind. Low pocket pair is also a strong possibility, again we would be behind. Villain needs to be shoving an awful lot for KQs to be a call for 25bbs.
Hope this helps
Thanks Adam.
Sounds wise to fold indeed.
To be honest on this one, the guy was so quick at open shoving that I immediately called, almost as a "reflex" ;)
The guy showed 67off and lost the game.
No idea why I called that quick, as I immediately acknowledged this was a mistake and that I was behind, even against a wide range of open shove.
Anyway, the guy accepted the revenge and confirmed he was not quite clear on playing HU HTs (the revenge lasted 4 hands before he was out...)
More seriously, I am facing quite a number of players at these stakes who will directly open shove the very first hand of the game.
Is this a known "trend" in micro limits HUHT ? What exactly is the point of shoving the first hand when you will be called only by hands that beat you ? (except for donks lilke me who cannot control their finger...)
Bye
PokerPuker
HU Hyper Tilter
im calling this though im probably folding KQo untill i know more
if villian is shoving QQ-22, A2s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, A2o+, KTo+, QJo (which is 25% without AA or KK)
then calling range should be 44+, A7s+, KQs, A9o+
and since so many people still go into HU hypers tilted and jam 1st hand random i think pop tendancies can be wider at tims so im calling taking note of the hand he showed up with and hope for a rematch.
I agree with 4 Card Brett, I’m calling and adjusting for future games.
I will have a look tonight at open shove freq of first hand, though my sample is small at 500 games at 2 euro limit on Ipoker. I do tend to feel that when I do manage to hit a hand I call that open shove with the villain normally has junk, which means I could expand my calling range but I would prefer to keep it how it is knowing that "hopefully" I can gain a bigger edge playing.