What you do in this situation?

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think about that.. the bubble of a big tournament, you are the BB and medium stack with 15bbs, the action is fold in all the table, and the short stack in the button with 9bbs raises for all-in, you look your hand and have A5s, what you do? You call or you fold?



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Me: OF COURSE I CALL !!!!!!!!!
 
I'll pass. It's not a strong hand. More important in this situation is to pass the bubble of a major tournament.
 
Of course an easy fold. 15BB is very much for the tournament, especially if the bubble.
"Me: OF COURSE I CALL !!!!!!!!!" - it's emotion because you're a bubble-boy?
 
Surviving the Bubble

When playing the Bubble of a tournament you should not be playing to win the tournament, you should be playing to survive the bubble and make the money. This may mean playing so tight you throw away KK to avoid losing to an Ace. The only hand I allow myself to go all-in with is pocket aces, and here's why.
When you've put money in to play a tournament and you're on the Bubble, the most important thing is to survive long enough to win back your money, which means you are only playing to survive 1 player getting knocked out. If you have 15 BBs, or even as low as 10 BBs, then you should be folding just about anything because you can basically fold to the money at that point and win back your money plus a little spending change.

Don't try to win the tournament from the bubble, it's just not worth being out the cost of the tourney.

Now, if you only have around 5BBs, then my range would open up to where I would call all-ins with any hand I would normally call all-ins with. This is because it is too easy to blind out between blinds and antes. You need chips to make it to the money and you can't get them by folding premium hands to an all-in call. Always remember, smaller stacks always have a chance of doubling up and making you the small stack on the bubble.
And if you are down to 1-3 BBs then yeah, make the call with A5o. you are so desparate to double up at that point that you probably should have just gone all-in yourself hoping to induce a fold.
 
FOLD!!! There is no need for you to play ! And A5s I wouldn't play at all at that stage🙂 It=-s a bubble boy hand like KK
 
On the Bubble I fold. The 5 low kicker can take you down easly. And if your opponent has KQ for example still a risky coin flip to take. You might blow the bubble yourself. I fold on that situation.
 
Fold all day. You're on the bubble and don't need to play a weak ace. You should only be playing premium hands, especially when you have 15 bb left.
 
Alex Houngan said:
Of course an easy fold. 15BB is very much for the tournament, especially if the bubble.
"Me: OF COURSE I CALL !!!!!!!!!" - it's emotion because you're a bubble-boy?
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Easy fold. Once you're in the money, I might be more inclined to open up and play more loosely, but bubbling is not a fun thing or winning strategy.😡
 
On the bubble with such cards - fold. At this stage of the game the main task is the passage of the bubble.
 
I think definitely call. The shorty in this situation has a rather wide range of hands and A5s is quite enough to call.
 
I would be folding in that situation - I would want a much stronger hand to call.
 
I fold, this would leave me 6BB, what I want to say is that I would be playing my chances in the tournament with As5s, I fold
 
situation

i would defenetly fold.....no need to take the risk with A5 in my hand...
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That would probably depend on who is sitting there next to me 🙂

I would only make the call against a very lose and aggressive player.

The problem is that everything he also has an ace you are probably in big trouble with just 3 outs because his kicker is better...

With 15 BB you can probably wait and will find yourself in a much more comfortable situation to bet all your chips.
 
I would fold. It is necessary to hold out as long as possible in the prize.
 
Let's go with this hand and fold easy now if it was AA or KK I would go up without fear
 
Facts: You don't risk entire stack, if it is the bubble play, one player needs to bust for you to be ITM. If you lose, you are down to 6BBs, the blinds just got pass you, tanking time should take you ITM with 6BBs stack!

Reason to call: SB should, keeping in mind the bubble play, shove any two cards, yes, sometimes he will have a better A, or pocket pair higher then a 5, but it is not even half his range. Also, being suited makes this call even easier. If you win, you are sitting pretty on 25BB stack that should even get you to a next payout level, so your ROI would be even better.

Basically, you are risking a portion of the stack only, and the reward is getting to a higher payment level.
In my mind, call in this exact situation 100% of the time.
 
Easy fold you are 70% losing at likely worste and winning with 7% edge at the very best. You split with Ax under 5. Also its a major MTT bubble why would we not want to fold into success.
 
My opinion

It depends on the last time you saw an ace on table. If you haven't seen an ace on table in a while four/five hands then bet.
 
MyMindOnMyMoney said:
think about that.. the bubble of a big tournament, you are the BB and medium stack with 15bbs, the action is fold in all the table, and the short stack in the button with 9bbs raises for all-in, you look your hand and have A5s, what you do? You call or you fold?



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Me: OF COURSE I CALL !!!!!!!!!
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You fold, shortstack play is best done as the pusher, where you have the chance to win the pot with fold equity.

You do not call here, on the bubble especailly, with a weak suited Ace. Big aces would be a much better call here.
 
UncleConRon said:
It depends on the last time you saw an ace on table. If you haven't seen an ace on table in a while four/five hands then bet.
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If you are serious, I suggest you stop playing poker immediately and read this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_fallacy

If you are not serious, please stop trolling people. This is a fallacy and should not be put forward as advice to someone who is new to playing.
 
I think I would fold that almost every time . You are probably at best a coin flip or slightly ahead . At the bubble I would like a better opportunity than that to shove my chips . good luck though .
 
MyMindOnMyMoney said:
Me: OF COURSE I CALL !!!!!!!!!
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Man, this is the reason why some of us get blown out of tournaments so often with pocket KK or QQ. Would you usually call with A5, even if it wasn't the bubble play? Because it's a bad call anyway you look at it, unless your at the final table in 4 players or less, or the opponent is sow low on chips that your loss would be insignificant. I've seen the likes of you... playing that ace-low kicker like u've got God in your hand no matter the position. It's an easy fold and you shouldn't think of it twice. FYI... AT, AJ also folds there, unless your playing on a luck basis. Hell, in the bubble play i even fold AK there. The goal at that point is to survive.
 
It's an easy decision! since your opponent has gone so far as you, playing all-in with a good hand in order to steal the bb. It's a 50-50 case. Do fold and try later to steal the bb when you have the advantage on the button, if you feel this opportunity of course.
 
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