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$1-AQ: do I call gettin more than 3.5:1 with TPTK on river?

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  1. #1

    Default $1-AQ: do I call gettin more than 3.5:1 with TPTK on river?

    Was the river call good? And what to do now?

    Poker Stars
    No Limit Holdem Tournament
    Blinds: t15/t30
    8 players
    Converter

    Stack sizes:
    UTG: t1410
    UTG+1: t1400
    MP1: t2250
    HERO: t1535
    CO: t1198
    Button: t3035
    SB: t1472
    BB: t1200

    Pre-flop: (8 players) HERO is MP2 with A Q
    UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to t120, MP1 folds, HERO calls t120 (pot was t165), 3 folds, BB calls t90 (pot was t285).

    Flop: 4 2 J (t375, 3 players)
    BB checks, UTG+1 checks, HERO bets t240, BB calls t240 (pot was t615), UTG+1 calls t240 (pot was t855).

    Turn: 4 (t1095, 3 players)
    BB checks, UTG+1 checks, HERO checks.

    River: Q (t1095, 3 players)
    BB checks, UTG+1 bets t420, HERO calls t420 (pot was t1515), BB raises all-in t840, UTG+1 raises all-in t1040, HERO ???


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  2. #2
    At the buyins I play, I would fold AQo from MP2 to a UTG+1 raise, but at a $1 tourney my guess is that you are ahead of his range so calling isn't too bad I guess.

    On the flop, I do not understand the flop bet. You have two overcards and both opps checked, giving you a free card and the opportunity to keep the pot small. I would check behind here, particularly because you do not have the initiative to c-bet on the flop (because you didn't raise preflop).

    On the river, if you want to play this, you should just shove all-in over UTG+1's bet. TPTK is very often the best hand at a low buyin SNG so that is likely what I would have done. As played, if my calculations are correct, there are 3395 chips in the pot and it is 620 to you to call, so you are getting almost 5.5 to 1 on the call. You can't fold here! Plus you have put in about half of your stack already, you're pot committed.
  3. #3
    yea....this was just one ugly....UGLY situation I got myself into.


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