$10 - 30man SNG, 1st level w AK utg facing 3bet & 4bai

[Poker Orifice]

$10 - 30man SNG on iPoker
1st hand of game, 10/20, 1,500 chips

Bit of background on these games (for those who haven't played in them). Structure is somewhere between a reg. & turbo you'd find on FTP or Stars.
Fields are SUPER SOFT - 80% of the players are losing players (many of them with lots of games played & ROI's -20 to -40%). There's a few regs. (sometimes a half-dozen or more depending upon time of day), a few break-even players & the rest are fish. (not uncommon to see players LRRAI w stuff like K4s in Utg+1 in early levels, or 3bai w 25bb w 87o, etc.)

1st hand of the game 10/20 starting stacks 1,500
Hero gets AsKd UTG & raises to '60', folds to HJ who 3-bets to '140' (a break-even player w ~1,000games played), CO RRAI (another breakeven player ~300games played).
Both blinds fold, Hero ??

 

[baudib1]

Folding. It's rare you will get 2 non-droolers both with AQ- here; if you get it in 3-ways here you'll be well under 25% against their ranges, when you get it in vs. AK and QQ you'll have 17%.

 

[dd_decker]

I'd call. Early on you might get a couple of raises like that with weaker hands than A,K, especially with weak players. I'd want to see the flop, and it's not too much $ to risk. I'd hope for an A or K and go from there...If one hits and you are up against pocket AA or KK, so be it. If not, then you likely have the best hand post flop. After all, it ain't the wsop!

 

[baudib1]

you missed the part where there was a cold 4-bet shove all in preflop.

 

[WiZZiM]

yeah, super easy fold here i would think.

the fields are soft which is more of a reason to fold in these types of spots.

 

[Poker Orifice]

Yup, ez fold

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[jbbb]

^^ haha thinly veiled brag. WP

 

[Poker Orifice]

^^ haha thinly veiled brag. WP

nah..