Hey guys! Thought this would be a good one…

So we are near the bubble and my table is opening a ton/super wide and I by no means have a tight image.

I immediately ruled out 3 betting preflop due to the opener having an extremely wide range.

I wasnt too thrilled at first about this flop (obviously the nuts) but i needed to figure out the best way to get action which could be difficult…

I came to the conclusion donk betting was the only way. lol! I decided a FULL 3x bet would look extremely WEAK. I mean, in his eyes, how can he possibly ever put me on AK? (shoving pre obv) or even an Ace for that matter? And if i did have an ace why the hell would I lead? At this point i was praying he would sense weakness, or even catch a peice of this flop and come along/float with something.

I felt checking this flop would have been absolutely terrible and disabled any chances of me doubling up.

So the turn is a complete brick….I let my timebank slide half way down the yellow bar and clicked Check. He insta shoved.          🙂

Full Tilt Poker $23,000 KO Guarantee No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t400/t800 Blinds + t100 – 8 players
Hand Conversion courtesy of Tournament Poker Edge

loose_cannon_jj (CO): BB = 17.0, t13609, M = 6.80
pock_nug (BTN): BB = 20.1, t16090, M = 8.04
MaKaVeLiTheDoNn (SB): BB = 20.8, t16643, M = 8.32
3vb0 (BB): BB = 78.4, t62746, M = 31.37
Kiki10 (UTG): BB = 27.0, t21623, M = 10.81
Cherman9 (UTG+1): BB = 40.4, t32308, M = 16.15
foo__ (MP1): BB = 23.8, t19018, M = 9.51
Oleg_J10 (MP2): BB = 30.2, t24195, M = 12.10

Pre Flop: (t2000) MaKaVeLiTheDoNn is SB with A A
2 folds, foo__ raises to t2100, 3 folds, MaKaVeLiTheDoNn calls t1700, 1 fold

Flop: (t5800) A 6 K (2 players)
MaKaVeLiTheDoNn bets t2400, foo__ calls t2400

Turn: (t10600) 3 (2 players)
MaKaVeLiTheDoNn checks, foo__ bets t14418 all in, MaKaVeLiTheDoNn calls t12043 all in

River: (t34686) 8 (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t34686
MaKaVeLiTheDoNn shows A A (three of a kind, Aces)
foo__ shows T J (Ace King high)
MaKaVeLiTheDoNn wins t34686