Tight Poker

[crunny]

This is an easy push, right?

PokerStars Game #8611063938: Tournament #43849905, $15+$1 Holdem No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/02/25 - 00:08:05 (ET)
Table 43849905 1 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: CardsofDeck (1870 in chips)
Seat 3: Y0da. (1845 in chips)
Seat 4: crunny (2185 in chips)
Seat 6: don_beppe (2690 in chips)
Seat 7: MTProperties (1760 in chips)
Seat 8: Expiredsoda (3150 in chips)
crunny: posts small blind 100
don_beppe: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crunny [6d Ks]
MTProperties: folds
Expiredsoda: folds
CardsofDeck: folds
Y0da.: folds
crunny: raises 1985 to 2185 and is all-in

[LadyWrestler]

Personally, I would not push K6o in that spot...but they do not call me tight/weak for nothing!

[mewsiclovr]

Yuk. Fold.

[crunny]

Yuk. Fold.

Whoa! You don't complete either?

[ugignadl]

I like this push. It's +EV, so no objections from me.

[LadyWrestler]

I like this push. It's +EV, so no objections from me.

Really? I would push KTo there, maybe even K9o, but K6o? Wow! Maybe I REALLY need to loosen up my game some more!

[crunny]

Really? I would push KTo there, maybe even K9o, but K6o? Wow! Maybe I REALLY need to loosen up my game some more!

I used to play a lot tighter too. But after reading HOHII I'm pushing a much wider range of hands from different positions.

[themac]

Why would you risk your entire tournament on this move for the sake of 300 chips? If you want to do it surely 4 times the big blind gets the job done. In either scenario you are in trouble if he calls. At least now you can get out with only a bloody nose.

[darinvg]

It's close but I'd fold since you have 11BB. 10BB or less I'm pushing any K. Completing isn't great either.

[tightpoker]

Read dependant on who you are pushing on. Is he loose aggro, weak tight, solid? The less aggro he is, the more you should think about completion. The more tight he is, the more you should think of just tossing a 3x raise. You want to exploit their weakness, rather than default to mathematics if you can. I think K6 is very marginal here given the stacks at the table and the blinds.

The risk to return just isn't totally worthwhile here. If you did push, I would tighten up your push range considerably afterward (or after 1 more marginal push). This would let your later pushes with strong hands be more enticing for BB to call.

[crunny]

I think just raising 3-4X BB is inferior to pushing because:

-Less FE
-Bluff re-raised AI (not very likely IME)
-OOP if we see a flop


Its either push or fold IMO.