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Playing AK after missing flop - early in tourney

philomilo

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December 29, 2010 - 8:06 am

Found mysef in this tricky spot today. I'd been playing super tight, not played a hand yet of any significance. Rest of table are standard mix of donks/wallys. UTG+2 had recently sucked out with a some dubious holdings.

So would like comments on:

a) my 3-bet sizing – or should I have just shoved given the dead money in the pot?

b) given the two callers and flop texture, what was the correct play here?

Poker Stars $1.00 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t25/t50 Blinds – 9 players

TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter

BB: t8725 174.50 BBs

UTG: t3697 73.94 BBs

UTG+1: t3435 68.70 BBs

UTG+2: t5628 112.56 BBs

MP1: t5230 104.60 BBs

MP2: t1280 25.60 BBs

CO: t3000 60 BBs

BTN: t2130 42.60 BBs

Hero (SB): t2830 56.60 BBs

Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is SB with K of clubs A

UTG calls t50, UTG+1 raises to t125, UTG+2 calls t125, 2 folds, CO calls t125, 1 fold, Hero raises to t550, 3 folds, UTG+2 calls t425, CO calls t425

Flop: (t1875) 8 of spades T of hearts 4 of clubs (3 players)

Hero bets t2280 all in, UTG+2 calls t2280, CO folds

Turn: (t6435) 7 of diamonds (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: (t6435) T of diamonds (2 players – 1 is all in)

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December 29, 2010 - 8:44 am

I think for me in the SB AKs is a pretty large hand that no one is going to give you credit for so I think I favor flatting here and seeing what develops. I think the jam on the flop with two overs and the back door FD is extreme and is only going to get called by hands that hit the flop and put you in a spot where you need to get lucky. I think you can safely check/call a flop bet and see what the turn develops. Playing this OOP makes it hard as what I really want in this situation on the turn is to see if he checks or not to decided if I want to proceed. Early in a tourney remember AK is basically a drawing hand so I would play it like a draw.

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December 29, 2010 - 9:39 am

I think considering all the dead money in the pot (500) and passiveness pre-flop I just jam it in with AKs as it's best for AK to see all 5 cards. This is a $1.00 tournament so I would gamble it up and try for a quick and dirty double up. I would not be suprised to see weaker Ax hands and small pairs here vs UTG+2 limp/calling.

It's probably a 'mistake' to shove some many big blinds this early in an MTT but I say go for a stack early or load up another MTT.

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December 29, 2010 - 10:30 am

I'd just jam and try to collect the dead 500 or whatever it is. No one has shown much strength here.

I remove flatting here since I don't want to see a flop with over half the table and when we 3 bet stacks are super awkward when we miss the flop as you can see above…

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December 29, 2010 - 10:32 am

Thanks for the replies – I wish I'd shoved as I think I would've got everyone to fold. As Metasploit says, either get a great double up or bust out and start again.

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