Did I make the right call?
64 people NLH, down to the final three. Blinds were 5000/10000 with a 1000 ante. I had 122,000 chips, player two had 110,000 and player three had 34,000.
Player three folds.
Player two, small blind, goes all-in for the third time in 5 hands.
I have 11,000 committed with big blind and look down at :9s :9d. I put him on two overs -- AK, KQ, AQ, AJ... definitely not a pocket pair. I call.
He shows :jh :qd
Flop comes :8h :3s :5s
Turn comes :as
River comes :jc
Did I make the right move by calling? My buddy claims he would've folded, even if he had pocket kings, hoping to squeeze out the short stack. But I find no honor in that logic.
Player three folds.
Player two, small blind, goes all-in for the third time in 5 hands.
I have 11,000 committed with big blind and look down at :9s :9d. I put him on two overs -- AK, KQ, AQ, AJ... definitely not a pocket pair. I call.
He shows :jh :qd
Flop comes :8h :3s :5s
Turn comes :as
River comes :jc
Did I make the right move by calling? My buddy claims he would've folded, even if he had pocket kings, hoping to squeeze out the short stack. But I find no honor in that logic.
Comments
Besides, you have little over 12 BB's and shouldn't be folding too much at this point. I say make your range read, make the call and flip for the 8:1 lead over the last guy who seems to have given up already. You're basically flipping for first, and some of the time you're even ahead or dominating him. I really think you crush his range of hands and should never be folding that, maybe other people have some logic behind folding that I don't see :S
(At this point I'd go as far as to say that I'd rather be calling with my nines than pushing them (though I'd push too for sure), since if I push I fold out a lot of the hands that I have beat like Ax or the lowest pairs)