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$600 MTT Live- AK suited spot with 50bbs

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$600 MTT Live- AK suited spot with 50bbs

About 50 left out of 165 starting field with top 21 paying. Lot's of good regs left but plenty of weak players and fish also. I had only been at this table for 1 level having just been moved here. Was short stacked but doubled up when I jammed 19bbs over a LAG's open, and have been on a rush of hands recently and have taken down 3-4 pots in the past 1.5 orbits.

500/1000 - 100 ante, 9 handed

Hero 48k stack opens to 2600 from UTG+2 with AKcc.
Villain 70-80k 3 bets to 7k from the HJ
Hero?

Reads on villain. He doubled recently after a big spew where he got in with a bad flush draw and gut shot on the turn. He also has been limping and flatting raises from various positions. Seems loose, that one hand I saw led me to believe he's prone to spazzing. I have no info on his 3-betting range.

I decided to flat and take a flop. I'm not looking to get it in this deep so 4-betting I would have to fold to 5-bet shove. I'm confident enough post flop that I don't wanna do that. Thoughts on pre-flop?

Flop: As 4s 2h

I check (I think this is standard?)
Villain bets 7k with little hesitation
Hero?

I think check-call is probably standard? He 3-bet pre so his range shouldn't hit this board very often in a way that beats us.

I decided to check raise to 14k to try and get it in verses a random spazz hand of his. FWIW I actually meant to make it 18k but misclicked! I'm thinking we could get it in here vs any big draw or weaker ace (AQ, AJ) possibly even QQ or KK.

Villain shoves. I call because that was the plan and we're really only beat by one combo. He shows up with the one combo of AA and I'm busted in a 100k pot. Sick cooler just about any way I play it. Anyone with thoughts on how to play differently not looking at results? I hate going broke with 50bbs like this because it's such a valuable stack with so many weak players. I was peaking and on a rush and all of a sudden walking away wondering what just happened.

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Riverbanged 8 years, 11 months ago

Against someone who you say is loose, spewy and prone to spazzing I would click it back to around 17k pre and call off. As played I would just check call down on this dryish A high board. You should have it locked up most of the time and against this player giving him room to bluff and punt it off is best in my opinion. If he does have a value hand such as KK/QQ/JJ he will most likely fold to the check raise, whereas he may check back turn and call a small bet on the river. If he has a bluff he has such terrible equity that letting him barrel is best. Unlucky cooler though.

pokery 8 years, 11 months ago

How did you manage to misclick in a LIVE MTT? :P Calling flop giving him rope to hang himself on later streets. You are prob getting stacked anyways. Could consider making it like 21k pre and call of. Never folding vs this guy pre.

ralphykid67 8 years, 11 months ago

Thanks for the feedback. I agree that check call is best for the reasons you both stated.

I noticed you both suggested trying to get it in pre. Do you really think that's worth it at this stack depth? I had no reason to think the guy would go bonking off for 50bbs effective preflop so I would best be a coinflip. Is it because the guy might spazz with AQ and those rare times make it worth it?

I just think 50bbs is a lot here.I try to avoid big preflop flips like this for so many chips. If the guy was 3-betting alot and I had some grasp of his 3-betting range then sure I can see 4-betting. Without this info I like to flat and see the flop. Thoughts?

Riverbanged 8 years, 11 months ago

Well you said he made a big spew previously so it wouldn't be too surprising for him to spew again and rip in A5s ATo ect... But yes this is rare. Although in this hand he does indeed have AA, AK does block AA and KK very well and so its unlikely he has either of these hands. By 4 betting you take the pot down very often which is significant. If you just call and the flop comes 872 or QT8, 556 ect then you will be in tough spots postflop playing out of position. While its nice to be able to check call down A and K high boards, they're still a high chance you get bluffed postflop. I think it is marginal though, especially when you open in EP. If this was btn vs sb for example I would snap get AK in pre.

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