$$1,10 NL HE MTT: Pair of Aces with 13 BB is all-in at the final table of a tournament with Bounty?

[christovam]

Game

Hold'em

Game Format

No Limit

Table Format

MTT

Buy-in

$1,10

Game Options

1. Bounty

Currency

$

With eight players at the table, I was in sixth place. I came in with AA and a player bet a standard raise in the middle of the table and I was in the cut-off and went all-in. He had 29 BB and I had 13 BB. He came in with K7o. He checked the seven on the river. Did I play wrong? Should I have called because I was eliminated from the tournament?

Below is the detailed description of the hand.

pokerstars Hand #244090294746: Tournament #3600166698, $0.48+$0.50+$0.12 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXIX (7000/14000) - 2023/06/04 15:33:44 BRT [2023/06/04 14:33:44 ET]
Table '3600166698 12' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: GMProudlhon (178537 in chips, $7.54 bounty)
Seat 2: okdanog (305017 in chips, $5.57 bounty)
Seat 3: LIS_YOU_666 (670381 in chips, $11.70 bounty)
Seat 4: CHRISTOFARNO (60424 in chips, $1.55 bounty)
Seat 5: J_Juniper (374374 in chips, $8.39 bounty)
Seat 6: 7Barada777 (270690 in chips, $0.87 bounty)
Seat 7: SANTOSFILHO2 (247092 in chips, $4.73 bounty)
Seat 9: Marynych (283485 in chips, $4.59 bounty)
GMProudlhon: posts the ante 2100
okdanog: posts the ante 2100
LIS_YOU_666: posts the ante 2100
CHRISTOFARNO: posts the ante 2100
J_Juniper: posts the ante 2100
7Barada777: posts the ante 2100
SANTOSFILHO2: posts the ante 2100
Marynych: posts the ante 2100
CHRISTOFARNO: posts small blind 7000
J_Juniper: posts big blind 14000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SANTOSFILHO2 [Ah Ad]
7Barada777: folds
SANTOSFILHO2: raises 14000 to 28000
Marynych: folds
GMProudlhon: folds
okdanog: folds
LIS_YOU_666: folds
CHRISTOFARNO: folds
J_Juniper: calls 14000
*** FLOP *** [8s 7s 3c]
J_Juniper: bets 39900
SANTOSFILHO2: calls 39900
*** TURN *** [8s 7s 3c] [Jd]
J_Juniper: bets 112000
SANTOSFILHO2: raises 65092 to 177092 and is all-in
J_Juniper: calls 65092
*** RIVER *** [8s 7s 3c Jd] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
J_Juniper: shows [7d Kh] (three of a kind, Sevens)
SANTOSFILHO2: shows [Ah Ad] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
J_Juniper collected 513784 from pot
J_Juniper wins $2.37 for eliminating SANTOSFILHO2 and their own bounty increases by $2.36 to $10.75
SANTOSFILHO2 finished the tournament in 8th place and received $4.97.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 513784 | Rake 0
Board [8s 7s 3c Jd 7c]
Seat 1: GMProudlhon folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: okdanog folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: LIS_YOU_666 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: CHRISTOFARNO (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: J_Juniper (big blind) showed [7d Kh] and won (513784) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 6: 7Barada777 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: SANTOSFILHO2 showed [Ah Ad] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 9: Marynych folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[fundiver199]

Please use the free hand converter next time, since it makes the hand history much easier to read. Below is the converted hand history.

Preflop
Like min-raising with this stack size (its 18BB not 13BB as stated in the headline).

Flop
With an SPR of less than 3 we are pretty happy to stack off AA on a board like this, where no flush or straight is possible, and the only logical two pair is 87 (83 and 73 should generally not defend pre at least not offsuit combos). Stacks are shallow enough to get the chips in later, so just calling his donk bet is fine. But personally I prefer to put in a small raise like even a min-raise to set it up for an easy turn jam. The advantage of that line is, it takes away implied odds from draws, of which there are many, and it might also induce him to ship it right now.

Turn
T9 got there, but even so we are still going nowhere with aces, and with so little behind there is no point in just calling. All, that would do, is to potentially allow him to fold a missed draw on the river and not give you the full dubble up.

Results
I mean.... what do you want us to tell you here? That you should not get your chips in as a 9:1 favourite? Or that you should rub your luck box harder? The hand is basically a bad beat story. And yes bad beats will happen at all stages of a tournament including the final table. In the recent SCOOP main event someone 5-bet jammed A4s as a bluff, got called by AA and knocked the player with AA out by hitting a flush. That cost the player with AA 100.000´s of dollars in lost EV, so view microstakes MTTs like this as mental training in learning to deal with bad beats at inconvenient times.

PokerStars, $0.98 + $0.12 - Hold'em No Limit - 7,000/14,000 (2,100 ante) - 8 players
Hand delivered by CardsChat - https://www.cardschat.com/hand-converter.php

UTG: 270,690 (19 bb)
UTG+1 (Hero): 247,092 (18 bb)
MP: 283,485 (20 bb)
MP+1: 178,537 (13 bb)
CO: 305,017 (22 bb)
BU: 670,381 (48 bb)
SB: 60,424 (4 bb)
BB: 374,374 (27 bb)

Pre-Flop: (37,800) Hero is UTG+1 with A♥ A♦
1 fold, Hero raises to 28,000, 5 players fold, BB calls 14,000

Flop: (79,800) 8♠ 7♠ 3♣ (2 players)
BB bets 39,900, Hero calls 39,900

Turn: (159,600) J♦ (2 players)
BB bets 112,000, Hero raises to 177,092 (all-in), BB calls 65,092

River: (513,784) 7♣ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: 513,784

Showdown:
UTG+1 (Hero) shows A♥ A♦ (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
(equity - Pre-Flop: 89%, Flop: 82%, Turn: 89%, River: 0%)

BB shows 7♦ K♥ (three of a kind, Sevens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 11%, Flop: 18%, Turn: 11%, River: 100%)

BB wins 513,784

 

[Matt_Burns88]

The important thing to think about here is the long term profitability of the possible plays, not just how this specific hand turned out Shoving 18bb with AA is certainly profitable. The trouble is, you will often just pick up the blinds and therefore not maximise the full strength of this powerhouse hand. Note that the solvers will tell you that it is more profitable to min-raise with AA and KK in this spot with 10bb.

On the flop, I really don't like villain's lead with his specific hand, although it is a board he can occasionally lead on. Once he does lead, you've just got to get it in here to charge the draws like T9 spades the maximum which is the sort of hand I would put them on when they lead (including some two pairs and sets and A8o with the Aspades).

The turn is not a great card for you, but you're in too deep with too much equity to let AA go now. BB bets large and you've really no choice but to stack off. Just going back to the flop for a moment - shoving the flop avoids this kind of situation where you are now often behind when villain bets 70% pot and 63% of your stack, you have virtually no fold equity, so shoving flop just avoids this awkward situation completely.

I think Villain's play stinks here. The defend is perfectly fine, but the lead is terrible, the double barrel is almost as bad and then he's priced in to call your shove. I don't think you made any huge mistakes here, although I do prefer a shove on the flop. I would make a note on villain and move on. These are exactly the types of opponents you want to be playing on a regular basis, but you have to accept that occasionally the donkey play gets there.