SIT N GO HAND ANALYSIS

Table '1935826231 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: Villain 1 (7911 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (2172 in chips)
Seat 6: Villain 2 (3417 in chips)
Villain 1: posts the ante 25
HEro: posts the ante 25
Villain 2: posts the ante 25
Villain 1: posts small blind 200
Hero: posts big blind 400

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [7d Ad]
Villain 2: raises 400 to 800
Villain 1: folds
Hero: raises 1347 to 2147 and is all-in
Villain 2: calls 1347

*** FLOP *** [2d Ks Qc]
*** TURN *** [2d Ks Qc] <font color='black'>6♣</font>
*** RIVER *** [2d Ks Qc 6c] <font color='red'>J<font face="arial">♦</font></font>
*** SHOW DOWN ***

Hero: shows [7d Ad] (high card Ace)
Villain 2: shows [9h Ac] (high card Ace - King+Queen+Jack+Nine kicker)
Villain 2: collected 4569 from pot




Was this the right play? I was going for the '1st place or nothing' mentality

This is good bet, you are 5BB, you must to call all-in in this situation.

Absolutely the correct play with 5BBs, standard shoving spot. Another tactic you could have used here is a stop and go strategy, which I've found is quite effective. What I mean by this is calling the preflop raise and then shoving basically any flop. This makes it harder for villain to call if they haven't hit a draw or pair and can maximize our fold equity in certain situations.

However, i normally do this with hands like JTo or 9To as if we get called preflop we're almost always behind and have to get there. However, when we shove the flop, it becomes difficult for villain to call with ace high type hands and then we just take down the pot without a showdown. I think your shove with an Ax suited hand is probably the more profitable play though.

Given stack sizes and blinds this is to strong of a hand to fold 3 handed. flat calling does nothing get it all in pre flop.

5BB? Your hand is fine for shoving. You just had a smaller kicker.