What are your thoughts on this play?

[bigfatbastard]

This is a situation which came up a little while ago, but is one for which I wanted to get a few more educated opinions.Early in a (low buy-in, low stack) tourney.UTG (c.4000?)MP (c.1400)Button (c.2300)Blinds 50/100UTG raises to 325, MP pushes all-in, it folds around to Button who says aloud "I've got shit but they're suited" and pushes stack in as well. UTG ums and ahs and finally calls stating aloud something to the effect of "I only have to put in 1975, and I know I'm behind you (MP) but I think I'm ahead of (Button), and I think I can get 1800 of it back from the side-pot, so I'm only risking 175, that's the most I can lose."MP shows JJButton shows Q4 'suited!'UTG shows . . . A3 offsuit!What do you think of this call by UTG?Do you agree with the statement that he "put in 1975 to win 1800"? Or is it more like "put in 1975 to win 900" (ie: just the Button's contribution to the side pot)?The Button's comments certainly aided the decision of UTG to call and should not have been made, but the Button may also have been angle-shooting to induce a call and could have had a monster.All comments welcomed and appreciated.BFB

[davidwrunner]

Early in a (low buy-in, low stack) tourney......... enough said. In these tourneys u just have to embrace the variance and hope to get lucky. The blinds go up every 3 mins, the dealer misdeals every second hand and u will be blinded off before catching any cards.

[Gtrain24]

It appears to me that UTG is:

A: A Muppet
B: A Clown
C: Retarded
D: All of the Above

Inclined to go with D here.

[thkcduckworth]

D without a doubt

[TheSharkBoy]

Lolaments.

bfb, not many players in low-stakes tourneys double angle-shoot. When that button players says that, I think he's about 99.5% of the time holding exactly what he says he has.

[TassieDevil]

This was a live tournament at Crown? OMG

[thkcduckworth]

not many players in low-stakes tourneys double angle-shoot

What are you talking about SharkBoy . . . you and me do it all the time at Crown! I think you're just being silly now!!

[TheSharkBoy]

I never double angle-shoot. I'm so bad I literally tell people what I have, it's not even an angle-shoot, I try to give them free information, and they just overthink it... :P

[thkcduckworth]

So its a . . . triple angle-shoot . . .

. . . i'm confused

[TheSharkBoy]

^^^


Just rest assured that if you folded to me, I was bluffing, and if you call me, I have the best hand. Even if I tell you this information.