$5.50 Tournament - In the Money

[Perrygarl]

Table $6,000 GP Freezeout, 207488198, 1815964071 (Tournament: $6,000

GP Freezeout Buy-In: $5+$0.50)
Seat 1: michael2801 ($53,846.91 in chips) DEALER
Seat 2: phildu67 ($7,660.00 in chips)
Seat 3: R0BWi11IAMS ($14,137.48 in chips)
Seat 4: ninnette69720 ($12,303.28 in chips)
Seat 5: lovlyhurlin ($16,697.75 in chips)
Seat 6: nannenanne ($46,827.71 in chips)
Seat 8: pierreve ($7,535.00 in chips)
Seat 9: FABFOUR1 ($2,882.50 in chips)
Seat 10: Perrygarl ($19,530.00 in chips)
phildu67: Post SB $800.00
R0BWi11IAMS: Post BB $1,600.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Perrygarl [Kd Ac]
ninnette69720: Fold
lovlyhurlin: Raise (NF) $6,400.00
nannenanne: Fold
pierreve: Fold
FABFOUR1: Fold
Perrygarl: Raise (NF) $19,530.00
michael2801: Fold
phildu67: Fold
R0BWi11IAMS: Fold
lovlyhurlin: Allin $10,297.75
*** FLOP *** [3h 2h 92]
*** TURN *** [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Jc]
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $38,627.75 Rake $0.00
lovlyhurlin: Shows [10D 10S]
lovlyhurlin: wins $35,795.50
Perrygarl: wins $2,832.25



Ok , I just wanted to ask if there was any situation I could have folded that, I think no I have to push there because most of the time it's 50/50 or I could be ahead A-Q, possibly A-J.

But could I have folded and searched for a better spot, it was in the money stages, 1512 played, 200 paid, that was under 115 left.

[Mr_Nutflush1]

A better spot than AK with such a low M and far away from final Table?

NEVER EVER FOLD HERE!

This is such an auto-broke spot, you can't ever do something wrong with shoving your 12BB here.

In such tourneys you aim for final table and nothing less. Close ITM finishes are bullshit if you get your micro-buy-in + 50%.

And ppl stack off sooo light in Tournaments, especially when the pot/av.stacksize ratio is so low. I stack off with at least 99+/AQs+ here. If you donÄt double up somewhere, you will never reach the real money.

[JibNinjas]

AK is like the nutz in a tourney. you are not close enough to to FT to even think about folding AK. At this stage in the game you have to go for broke and get lucky. to win a tourney you have to win flips. it is just part of it. that is why tournies are such high variance. you must play uberaggro.

[ThatDeviant]

Standard.

[R8tme]

NO, it is not standard. Ok , first of all, cause I like to play tourneys and so.
Any reads on villain, but if not any, he is in early position and he already committed himself.
THE BEST way against the guy who self committed himswlf with your chipstack is flat call. AND then to reevaluate.
It's sonu vulgar to flat with AK at this level, but I don't know his stat, and second he is early and he committed himself.
Flatting him you would have 2 options: fold or go all in/ at least you would have options, but again it's player dependant

[linqbait]

You could have done a stop and go, but with this low board, he was going to the mat. If a J/Q had flopped, maybe he drops. I've made most of my money in tourneys and I don't like going broke with AK in a tourney when I'm not first raiser.

However, your stack was short. This hand was unavoidable. You can't wait for a better spot.

[ThatDeviant]

Originally Posted by R8tme

NO, it is not standard.

Getting 12 BB in pre w/ AK in the late stages of a tournament when you have an M of 9?

Standard.

[mxrider]

Originally Posted by Mr_Nutflush1

NEVER EVER FOLD HERE!

This... Very simple answer.

[mxrider]

Originally Posted by R8tme

NO, it is not standard. Ok , first of all, cause I like to play tourneys and so.
Any reads on villain, but if not any, he is in early position and he already committed himself.
THE BEST way against the guy who self committed himswlf with your chipstack is flat call. AND then to reevaluate.
It's sonu vulgar to flat with AK at this level, but I don't know his stat, and second he is early and he committed himself.
Flatting him you would have 2 options: fold or go all in/ at least you would have options, but again it's player dependant

You absolutely cannot flat here calling off 1/3 of your stack pf w/ AK and then think about folding. Blinds are way too high for this compared to your stack. I'm drooling at how fast I can get my chips in here.

[R8tme]

I know that M is only 9 and we have to go here, after flat calling we would have 13K(no reason to go all - he is never folding, and at best we are racing). still playable at that point, and we would have 6 more times to try to steal blinds, instead of going broke here.
If he had 10K then yes, go all in all the time.
With 19K still time to play. IMO