NOLA Red
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Situation:
Live tournament, 2nd hand dealt
Blinds:25,25
me: utg dealt AKo
I raise to 150 (pretty standard at this tournament)
3 or 4 callers behind me
Flop: A84 rainbow
me: raise to 500, next guy folds and lady in seat 7 raises me 500; rest of table folds and I call the 500.
Turn: A
Before I could do anything the other player is going all Phil Helmuth on me and shoving her chips into the middle.
After MUCH thought and deliberation, I mucked my AK.
I know, I know...perhaps I am a fool, perhaps not. I'd like to give my reasons for folding this and find out what you would have done.
1. It's the start of the tournament, only the 2nd hand dealt. I have no information at all about the players at my table. None.
2. When she raised me on the flop, I can only put her on a couple of hands. She may have a set, which she definitely would have called 150 preflop with a pocket pair. She may have 2 pair already, like A8 (prob suited if she called 150 preflop--people seem to like that hand as much as they like AT). Or she may have AQ, AJ, AT which are the range of hands I could beat.
3. The way she reacted to that A on the turn told me she either had a big A, in which case I should call and take all her chips, or she had filled up.
What would you have done?
Live tournament, 2nd hand dealt
Blinds:25,25
me: utg dealt AKo
I raise to 150 (pretty standard at this tournament)
3 or 4 callers behind me
Flop: A84 rainbow
me: raise to 500, next guy folds and lady in seat 7 raises me 500; rest of table folds and I call the 500.
Turn: A
Before I could do anything the other player is going all Phil Helmuth on me and shoving her chips into the middle.
After MUCH thought and deliberation, I mucked my AK.
I know, I know...perhaps I am a fool, perhaps not. I'd like to give my reasons for folding this and find out what you would have done.
1. It's the start of the tournament, only the 2nd hand dealt. I have no information at all about the players at my table. None.
2. When she raised me on the flop, I can only put her on a couple of hands. She may have a set, which she definitely would have called 150 preflop with a pocket pair. She may have 2 pair already, like A8 (prob suited if she called 150 preflop--people seem to like that hand as much as they like AT). Or she may have AQ, AJ, AT which are the range of hands I could beat.
3. The way she reacted to that A on the turn told me she either had a big A, in which case I should call and take all her chips, or she had filled up.
What would you have done?