Re: [ba-poker] Re: Re: [FARGO] Is 3:2 Enough? Thanks

[Jeffrey Siegal <jbs(deleted the rest)>]

Andrew Prock wrote:
> It's exactly those hands which take a huge lump out
> of your EV when you are playing hands like 66.  It's
> one of the reasons that I would consider it to be a
> poor hand in this situation.  The BB is getting 5:1
> on his action and seems to be a reasonable player.
> There are a lot of hands he might play here.
>
> If he plays any two broadway cards, any pair or
> any suited ace, he drops your equity down to ~36%.
>
> You've still got an overlay, but is it enough?

I don't remember the blind/stack details but I don't see how he could be 
getting 5-1 unless the big blind was half his stack.

In general, I can't see the big blind overcalling with a lot of hands 
because under most tournament rules, if you both bust in the same hand, 
you get the higher spot.  On those hands where your equity in the hand 
only goes down a little (i.e. not overpairs), your equity in the 
tournament probably goes up.  Its almost always better for him to stay 
out of the hand and hope the big stack wins.