Big Hands early

[Poker Orifice]

This was the whole point of the thread question. This was first hand of sitngo, If you ship it preflop, chances are you get maybe 50 chips, whats the point. I guess I got what I wanted the way I bet it, just lost to a 4 outer (2 7's and 2 A's). Didn't want to ship it preflop as it wasn't a big buyin so you never know, any A could call. As there was no A by turn, I figured I was good. Just wondering how the experts handle big hands with small blinds?

Ok.. just checking here to see if I'm understanding what you've written here.... "didn't want to ship it preflop....... any A could call" < don't you want 'any A' to call here preflop with all the chips in the middle? I mean if you could've seen villain's cards preflop... & you knew that they'd call off with that (AT) to a shove... wouldn't you be shoving all day, every day??? I sure would be. (I know that some consider, well... I"ll play my KK fast if no Ace hits.. < this kinda sucks imo, for many reasons). If we can get villain to commit while they're way behind this is exactly what we want (or at least it's what I want).

[Assistanc3]

I mean if you could've seen villain's cards preflop... & you knew that they'd call off with that (AT) to a shove... wouldn't you be shoving all day, every day?

Personally I wouldn't be, if i was playing low buyn SnG's I wanna take advantage of my uber skill then race just because I have a big hand. I understand a bad hand wins sometimes.

but I do agree with isolation

if there's a raise & multiple callers I'll often just ship it pre....

[Poker Orifice]

Last i checked.... KK isn't a 'race' with an Ax hand. SNG's... they're 1500chip games & if there's a spot where I can get vilain to committ their stack as a 3to1 dog, I'm never going to not get it in. I'd suggest anything different would be a huge leak.

[Assistanc3]

Last i checked.... KK isn't a 'race' with an Ax hand. SNG's... they're 1500chip games & if there's a spot where I can get vilain to committ their stack as a 3to1 dog, I'm never going to not get it in. I'd suggest anything different would be a huge leak.

A "race" is when two (or more) players get in pre-flop where it will go to a showdown.

[Poker Orifice]

A "race" is when two (or more) players get in pre-flop where it will go to a showdown.

Actually Sir this ^ is incorrect.

Race - A situation where the equity for two different hands is virutally a coin-flip (50%/50%). Very common situation especially in tournaments as blinds escalate.

eg. Some hands that would be considered 'races': 55 vs AKs, 66 vs J9, QQ vs AK, etc.

[Poker Orifice]

Personally I wouldn't be, if i was playing low buyn SnG's I wanna take advantage of my uber skill then race just because I have a big hand. I understand a bad hand wins sometimes.

Really? Is this a level? (cuz you almost had me for a bit there... I thought you really meant that you'd be folding the KK, lol,.. good one.. 'got me')

[Assistanc3]

coin-flip - A situation where the equity for two different hands is virtually 50%/50%.
Very common situation especially in tournaments as blinds escalate.

eg. Some hands that would be considered 'coin-flip': 55 vs AKs, 66 vs J9, QQ vs AK

[Poker Orifice]

coin-flip - A situation where the equity for two different hands is virtually 50%/50%.
Very common situation especially in tournaments as blinds escalate.

eg. Some hands that would be considered 'coin-flip': 55 vs AKs, 66 vs J9, QQ vs AK

what's the point?

Just sayin'... a hand that dominates another.. or is clearly ahead isn't considered a 'race'.