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Hand to call the huge raises preflop at FINAL TABLE !!!

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Hello mates, actually i have been playing at poker stars recently and am doing quite well by reaching top 100(one out of 5 times) in a field of 5000+...
But i have a real problem in final stages.The only reason i fail making to top 10 is that suddenly every one plays too aggressively that i don't understand wat to do and end up losing my chips....
So if u can tell me with wat range of hands can i call these huge preflop bets and wat range i should fold, i would relly appreciate it...
Thank you 😡
Waiting eagerly for the replies mates...
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spiderman637 wrote: Hello mates, actually i have been playing at poker stars recently and am doing quite well by reaching top 100(one out of 5 times) in a field of 5000+...
But i have a real problem in final stages.The only reason i fail making to top 10 is that suddenly every one plays too aggressively that i don't understand wat to do and end up losing my chips....
So if u can tell me with wat range of hands can i call these huge preflop bets and wat range i should fold, i would relly appreciate it...
Thank you 😡
Waiting eagerly for the replies mates...
Here's my two cents....Unless you have a premium hand, don't call. It's always better if you initiate the huge raise, rather than calling it. If you have AA, KK, QQ, AKs, or AK, you basically should call. Of course, QQ can easily be beaten by AK or better, and AK can easily be beaten by any two cards. But you have to make a stand and hope for the best. You can muck AQ, AQs, JJ, depending on the player, though, and stack sizes....Often, I would call with those also, but it's a lot riskier.
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spiderman637 wrote: Hello mates, actually i have been playing at poker stars recently and am doing quite well by reaching top 100(one out of 5 times) in a field of 5000+...
But i have a real problem in final stages.The only reason i fail making to top 10 is that suddenly every one plays too aggressively that i don't understand wat to do and end up losing my chips....
So if u can tell me with wat range of hands can i call these huge preflop bets and wat range i should fold, i would relly appreciate it...
Thank you 😡
Waiting eagerly for the replies mates...
Patience is key! remember, unless you're about to be blinded out it's often better to fold a mediocre hand and wait for a better one than it is to throw down with something that is quite possibly dominated. a raise and reraise in front of you? unless you're holding the nuts, or close to it you may want to pass it up. If it's the dollar amounts that scare you try mentally taking a zero or two (or three even) off of the end of the bet in your head so you're thinking of it as lower stakes in a way...I used to get tripped up when the blinds started hitting 500/1000 thinking about how much money it was...but if you mentally think of it as 50/100, or even 5/10 and respond to bets like you were at those limits it could help. assuming of course your chip stack is large enough. at that stage you should have a good amount of cash, but it can seem scary if you're at 1500/3000 even with 100000 in chips just because the bets are so huge...but would you be worried if it was 15/30 and you had 10000? respond to bets in the same way you would in that case...just think of everything as percentages...from the bet to the pot, from the pot to your stack, everything....a 12000 raise on a 3000 dollar blind could make you nervous, but if you just remember its just a 4 times the big blind raise it can help put the money issue out of your head so you're able to play your usual gameplan.
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sn1p3r31337 wrote: Patience is key! remember, unless you're about to be blinded out it's often better to fold a mediocre hand and wait for a better one than it is to throw down with something that is quite possibly dominated. a raise and reraise in front of you? unless you're holding the nuts, or close to it you may want to pass it up. If it's the dollar amounts that scare you try mentally taking a zero or two (or three even) off of the end of the bet in your head so you're thinking of it as lower stakes in a way...I used to get tripped up when the blinds started hitting 500/1000 thinking about how much money it was...but if you mentally think of it as 50/100, or even 5/10 and respond to bets like you were at those limits it could help. assuming of course your chip stack is large enough. at that stage you should have a good amount of cash, but it can seem scary if you're at 1500/3000 even with 100000 in chips just because the bets are so huge...but would you be worried if it was 15/30 and you had 10000? respond to bets in the same way you would in that case...just think of everything as percentages...from the bet to the pot, from the pot to your stack, everything....a 12000 raise on a 3000 dollar blind could make you nervous, but if you just remember its just a 4 times the big blind raise it can help put the money issue out of your head so you're able to play your usual gameplan.
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Bet or Push rather then Call.

Best of Luck.

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