Is this a fold???

I want to know if this is a fold in this spot, I'm playing a tourney and are dealt

QQ blinds are at 10/20 so i decide to make it 80? does this need to be bigger?

and i get 3 callers.

flop: 28A first caller checks and 2nd caller bets out 175 do i fold? and this is early in the tourney and my stack was around 2000 chips

so comments and tips will be nice ty

spoiler: i ended up folding and so did everyone else, i ended up finishing in 8th so it wasnt a bad day

3 people in there good chance one of them has the ace, easy fold

best way to look at it is 1 pair of queens v 6 cards with a calling range for 4x alot of ranges will include an Ace.
I will be folding those spots regular all day long.
'if you were Heads up to the pot you might want to float the flop, depending on the board texture

This is a clear snap fold, especially at this point in the tournament one of the other two players Is bound to have an ace here.

ruben35 said:

I want to know if this is a fold in this spot, I'm playing a tourney and are dealt

QQ blinds are at 10/20 so i decide to make it 80? does this need to be bigger?

and i get 3 callers.

flop: 28A first caller checks and 2nd caller bets out 175 do i fold? and this is early in the tourney and my stack was around 2000 chips

so comments and tips will be nice ty

spoiler: i ended up folding and so did everyone else, i ended up finishing in 8th so it wasnt a bad day

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whats the buy in ? if its low bet bigger pre flop

fold is the way to go early in the torny. if the blinds are 100.200 then a good raise 4 times the blind,will get rid off a rag hands. but when the blinds are 10.20 its a easy fold, not to get yourself into a bad situation

Fold, with that many callers you don't want to see an Ace on the flop.Better to wait for another opportunity .

Easy fold - if you DO decide to play, you have to reraise to see where you stand - any call Im checking down or folding to another bet and a 4 bet is auto fold too

I don't see any upside at this early stage to anything but fold

Initially a bet of atleast 150 preflop would have been good...
Given the preflop bet of urs, i think u could have taken the liberty of calling the 175 bet post flop...if bet was higher than 200, you could have folded there...

That was a good fold as people have mentioned there are 3 callers, one or two of these players could of had an ace.

Thank you guys for the insight and for the buyin I'm starting over with just free rolls so the buy in was free, so i won 1.35$ i know its not alot but hey its a start for a poker player who is starting over

Thats how I started playing freerolls, don't worry how little it pays, every cent/pennies help

GL in your freerolls

I think it's a good play to fold. Congratulations for 8 places, obviously it had to be. good luck

With no information on the players and so early in the the tournament, I think folding is fine just make sure you take note of the donk better. You will find players who often donk with complete air, middle/bottom pairs or flush draws for example.

one of them has the ace surely,u can call the flop if they check the turn or bet a little quarter of the pot u can be sure that one of them has the ace

It was a good fold. But if you were insistent on playing that hand, you could try raising to see if he'll flat call or re-raise. If he raises, then of course fold. If he flats it... maybe he doesn't have the A and was trying to push you out.

I could be wrong, that's what I'd do. Also, was it a rainbow flop? Maybe he was drawing?

blakewyte said:

It was a good fold. But if you were insistent on playing that hand, you could try raising to see if he'll flat call or re-raise. If he raises, then of course fold. If he flats it... maybe he doesn't have the A and was trying to push you out.

I could be wrong, that's what I'd do. Also, was it a rainbow flop? Maybe he was drawing?

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Raising to turn your hand into a bluff is terrible.

Also; he's much more likely to flat call a raise with Ax as opposed to re-raise so raising doesn't achieve anything good.

Yea looks like a fold to me.Surely there is an ace out there somewhere.

u have to raise more with pocket QQ, to say bye-bye limpers with A+os

I agree with everyone else's logic, good fold. Better to stay in the tournament than to become pot committed with 6 other cards that could easily be an Ace. Raising more pre-flop would be a good move as well.

You did the right thing. Everything from the initial bet to the fold. It was a work of art.

Some people would want you to bet more, but that's a impulsive reaction of someone who isn't that great, in my opinion. Had you bet more and everyone folded, you wouldn't of made anything. And if 1 person would of called, he probably would of had the ace and you would of lost even more. Although, its tough to say. I believe you made the right bet, because it was enough to get at least some players off while giving you a chance to make some coin. Good huntin'.

Insta-fold. As for the bet, you do not want to be betting more. Whether you bet 2.5x or 5x the blind, if other players feel their hand is good they will call you regardless the bet size (unless you're shoving,lol). Betting 2.5-3x BB is pretty standard. It disguises your hand strength and it makes it easier for you to get away from your hand without committing yourself or the other players to the pot. In this case QQ ace on the flop: EZ.

preflop raise is fine. I disagree with those who say to raise more...pick a standard raise amount for each blind level and stick with it. I think 2.5x-3.5x is good early on....and then as the tourney progresses I tend to raise smaller with increasing blinds, all the way down to 2.1x

Ace on flop with 3 other players and somebody bets into you? easy fold.

If it were heads up it'd be more interesting, but still probably a fold at these levels.

ruben35 said:

I want to know if this is a fold in this spot, I'm playing a tourney and are dealt

QQ blinds are at 10/20 so i decide to make it 80? does this need to be bigger?

and i get 3 callers.

flop: 28A first caller checks and 2nd caller bets out 175 do i fold? and this is early in the tourney and my stack was around 2000 chips

so comments and tips will be nice ty

spoiler: i ended up folding and so did everyone else, i ended up finishing in 8th so it wasnt a bad day

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For the purpose of my opinion i will assume your first to act, i think 80 is fine could have been 60 or 100, 3 callers 6 cards and one must assume A and K are held, first guy folds so now we have 4 danger cards and you know how micro's just love an Ace, there's 400 in the guts, player bets out 175, i fold here, if your feeling lucky you need more information, so how to get it some player's will call here and see if the 175 man checks the turn bet him 500 dangerous and stupid at this stage of a tourny, but it can work, only other option is to re-raise for info if he's holding he's jamming this is a bad option if you even use it re-raise light as you can, fold to the ensuing all in, but hey i already folded.

Thank you guys for the feedback