AKo final table of 4.40/180 tournament

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[SIZE=-1]I have a bad habit of simply calling a raise on the button, without raising, when I think I have the best cards. Was this the right time to come over the top? Could/Should I have raised less? Villain has been playing slightly tight. No poker tracker stats. Thanks for your opinions.


pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero (t35077)
BB (t42370)
UTG (t46003)
MP (t28545)
Button (t118005)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A

, K

.
UTG raises to t6000, 2 folds, Hero raises to t34877, 1 fold, UTG calls t28877.

Flop: (t70354) 3

, 7

, J

(2 players)

Turn: (t70354) 9

(2 players)

River: (t70354) 8

(2 players)

Final Pot: t70354
Main Pot: t70354 (t70354), between Hero and UTG.
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[blankoblanco]

shoving here is standard. you only have 17 BBs and you'd like to see 5 cards (or possibly make villain fold something like a small pair preflop). you're getting called by AQ every time and AJ/worse a lot since it's a 4/180. just calling when you'll miss the flop 2/3 of the time will put you in awkward spots with these stack sizes. you might miss and let him push you off the pot on a c-bet with a weaker ace when your AK high is best

 

[Czech Razor]

Easy push, sir. You can't flat call and pull a stop and go here with the stacks and blinds.

 

[vanquish]

standard

 

[Kenzie 96]

Yup, get it in pre flop here.

 

[Ben_UK]

What was his hand then?

 

[fleft]

He had JQ and won the hand. Thanks for the advice, it's what I expected/wanted to hear.

 

[SeanyJ]

That is such a terrible call with JQ, don't you just hate when that happens.