
Amanda A
Legend
Bronze Level
So I'm down under visiting the family and gave the Aussie millions satellite (3 steps) a whirl. I bought in for $60 to step one and made it through to step 2 (1 in 5 makes it through). So that was a great feeling! Later that day I played step 2. In step 2 you start with 3000 in chips and I was at about 6000, blinds were 300, 600 so I had 10 bigs and was looking for a spot to shove. It was probably down to around 50 players left from about 117 and about 25 would get tickets to step three. I'd been playing for almost 2 hours and there was probably between 30mins to an hour to go. I look down at my best hand of the day, including the step 1 satellite, - pocket Queens. I'm in middle position and thinking - good I've got nice cards to shove with. Then someone in early position shoves for around the same size stack as me, a little more actually. Ahhh, I hate calling all ins in spots like this for all my chips. I also always seem to lose with QQ, but still it's a great starting hand and I'm trying to be rational and I'm trying not to let my past history with QQ effect my future play! I'm looking at him to see if I can read how strong he is, do I think he has AA or KK? Hmmm... honestly not sure, but don't think so if I had to guess.
They count down my 10 seconds to 3 and I shove all in. He turns over AK and I'm good until the river when and A falls. That's the end of my Aussie millions adventure for this year. So sad. Did I do the right thing calling this shove with Queens? I know AA and KK is a definite call but I think QQ is also ahead of his range. He was a pretty tight player though. I think I did the right thing but would love to know what people think.