$11 NL HE MTT: ATs satelitte (33 players left). ITM 25 ticket 109$ to Sunday Million

[lilu80]

Game

Hold'em

Game Format

No Limit

Table Format

MTT

Buy-in

11

Currency

$

Hello. This hand really hit me hard. I'm not sure if I should play at all because I was in 13th out of 33 players remaining, with 25 ITM $109 ticket to the Sunday Million. I played very carefully but aggressively. I qualified for this satellite tournament from a free tournament. After this hand I'm 31st. Luckily I was able to qualify and win a $109 free entry to the Sunday Million. How do you play this?

pokerstars, $9.80 + $1.20 - Hold'em No Limit - 400/800 (100 ante) - 7 players
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Tuuttimörkö (UTG): 16,368 (20 bb)
jorge922 (MP): 35,096 (44 bb)
lilu80 (MP+1): 26,085 (33 bb)
0404630148 (CO): 31,841 (40 bb)
gurra0 (BU): 2,627 (3 bb)
GRSRPC (SB): 20,862 (26 bb)
JavierBO29 (BB): 15,966 (20 bb)

Pre-Flop: (1,900) Hero (lilu80) is MP+1 with A♣ T♣
Tuuttimörkö (UTG) raises to 1,600, 1 fold, lilu80 (MP+1) calls 1,600, 0404630148 (CO) calls 1,600, 2 players fold, JavierBO29 (BB) calls 800

Flop: (7,500) 8♣ 6♠ 6♣ (4 players)
JavierBO29 (BB) checks, Tuuttimörkö (UTG) checks, lilu80 (MP+1) checks, 0404630148 (CO) checks

Turn: (7,500) 7♣ (4 players)
JavierBO29 (BB) checks, Tuuttimörkö (UTG) checks, lilu80 (MP+1) bets 2,400, 2 players fold, Tuuttimörkö (UTG) raises to 4,800, lilu80 (MP+1) raises to 24,385 (all-in), Tuuttimörkö (UTG) calls 9,868 (all-in)

River: (36,836) A♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: 36,836

Showdown:
lilu80 (MP+1) shows A♣ T♣ (a flush, Ace high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 48%, Flop: 48%, Turn: 2%, River: 0%)

Tuuttimörkö (UTG) shows 7♥ 7♦ (a full house, Sevens full of Sixes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 52%, Flop: 52%, Turn: 98%, River: 100%)

Tuuttimörkö (UTG) wins 36,836

 

[Andyreas]

This one is pretty much a cooler but as you said, if you're nearly sure to get a ticket, you don't need to get involved with ATs against UTG at all from my point of view.

And when the board is paired, there's always a possibility for a flush. But since we can most likely exclude hands like 76 or 86 from UTGs range, the only boats are 88, 66 and 77. Unfortunately he had exactly one of those. 😵

But congratulations on winning the ticket anyway. 👍

 

[ratbat615]

It’s the perfect turn for both. Just call it a cooler. That’s poker.

 

[300HPGOD]

Pre: I think this hand can be used as a 3 bet of course but with the stacks the way they are and also that it was an UTG open I think calling can be fine but we have to be cautious. Depending on the player UTG, A10 is not doing so well so depends how loose they are. I would also factor in what the players behind me are like as this is not a hand off 30 BBs that I would want to call a 3 bet or 4 bet jam with.

Flop: If you think there is fold equity here then betting is a good move. If there is little to no fold equity if you bet then checking is better. All comes down to what you think about the other players in the hand. With 3 opponents I would have to think checking is better since you wont get them all out of the hand and with a draw we would want many in the hand when and if we do hit. Again, comes down to what we think about villains.

Turn: I would bet here as you did but I would bet a little more than you did. Nothing huge for sure but we might get a lot of calls here from K or Q of clubs, from straights, 8x or 7x, and maybe even a straight draw from a station player so I think we should go for a little more value here and so then we can get a little more on the river. As played, when we get raised we have to think about whether the hands that are below us but still good would call another raise if we were to make it. Would a straight (which we block one end) call if we jam as we did? They shouldnt be considering its a paired board and the flush is out there so your bet I believe only gets called by better. You have to discount your flush a bit, at least, on a paired board. So being in position here I would just call this raise and then let them lead river and then evaluate. You could also small raise here and then if you get jammed on go in the tank and decipher if this villain is a player would over value a straight that badly. So in the end, I dont think this as much of a cooler as it is you over valuing a flush. I get we started with 30 BBs and the effective stack vs villain is 20 and its hard to fold a flush in that spot much less the nut flush but on a paired board we have to be thinking villain will not call off a jam with less (unless you know something about them that would make you believe they would call it off with less).

 

[fundiver199]

Maybe it would be fine to open this hand, if it folded to you, and try to steal the blinds. But when a 20BB stacks has opened UTG, there is really no need to get involved. There is a 3BB stack at your table, and presumably some short stacks at other tables as well. So all, you need to do here with 33BB in general, is to fold and let your opponents bust each other.

Flop
I Like your decision to pot control here with the nut flushdraw. Close to a satellite bubble we are not looking to build a big pot, unless we have a massive equity edge.

Turn
At this point the hand was just a cooler, and even in a satellite I can not see folding the nut flush here. Yes he could have a boat, but he could also have a worse flush or maybe a straight. Also as others have said, he probably dont open 86 or 76 UTG, so his only boats are 66-88, which is only 7 combos. I guess, there is a case for just calling rather than raising. But it would probably not have made any difference, since he likely jam the river then with there being less than a pot sized bet left. Or if he go very small on the river, you likely think, you have the best hand, and jam for value.

 

[eetenor]

Hello. This hand really hit me hard. I'm not sure if I should play at all because I was in 13th out of 33 players remaining, with 25 ITM $109 ticket to the Sunday Million. I played very carefully but aggressively. I qualified for this satellite tournament from a free tournament. After this hand I'm 31st. Luckily I was able to qualify and win a $109 free entry to the Sunday Million. How do you play this?

PokerStars, $9.80 + $1.20 - Hold'em No Limit - 400/800 (100 ante) - 7 players
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Tuuttimörkö (UTG): 16,368 (20 bb)
jorge922 (MP): 35,096 (44 bb)
lilu80 (MP+1): 26,085 (33 bb)
0404630148 (CO): 31,841 (40 bb)
gurra0 (BU): 2,627 (3 bb)
GRSRPC (SB): 20,862 (26 bb)
JavierBO29 (BB): 15,966 (20 bb)

Pre-Flop: (1,900) Hero (lilu80) is MP+1 with A♣ T♣
Tuuttimörkö (UTG) raises to 1,600, 1 fold, lilu80 (MP+1) calls 1,600, 0404630148 (CO) calls 1,600, 2 players fold, JavierBO29 (BB) calls 800

Flop: (7,500) 8♣ 6♠ 6♣ (4 players)
JavierBO29 (BB) checks, Tuuttimörkö (UTG) checks, lilu80 (MP+1) checks, 0404630148 (CO) checks

Turn: (7,500) 7♣ (4 players)
JavierBO29 (BB) checks, Tuuttimörkö (UTG) checks, lilu80 (MP+1) bets 2,400, 2 players fold, Tuuttimörkö (UTG) raises to 4,800, lilu80 (MP+1) raises to 24,385 (all-in), Tuuttimörkö (UTG) calls 9,868 (all-in)

River: (36,836) A♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: 36,836

Showdown:
lilu80 (MP+1) shows A♣ T♣ (a flush, Ace high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 48%, Flop: 48%, Turn: 2%, River: 0%)

Tuuttimörkö (UTG) shows 7♥ 7♦ (a full house, Sevens full of Sixes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 52%, Flop: 52%, Turn: 98%, River: 100%)

Tuuttimörkö (UTG) wins 36,836

This is an easy fold- We do not have to win anymore chips to get a seat so playing a drawing hand vs UTG has 0 value to us---We want other players to collide and get knocked out so folding again best play-