$Freeroll NLHE MTT: $100 CC Daily Platinum | Do I open UTG?

[mariussica88]

This first hand is played when there are around 46 players left to play (27 get into $). Do I open with A8s here?


pokerstars - 125/250 Ante 25 NL - Holdem - 9 players


UTG+1: 304 (1.2 bb)
MP: 6,303 (25.2 bb)
MP+1: 2,346 (9.4 bb)
MP+2: 2,835 (11.3 bb)
CO: 6,316 (25.3 bb)
BTN: 6,503 (26 bb)
SB: 1,977 (7.9 bb)
BB: 5,670 (22.7 bb)
Hero (UTG): 8,449 (33.8 bb)

9 players post ante of 25, SB posts 125, BB posts 250

Pre Flop: (pot: 600) Hero has
Hero folds, 5 folds, BTN calls 250, fold, BB checks

Flop: (850, 2 players)
BB checks, BTN bets 500, fold

Results: 850 pot (0 rake)
Final Board:

BTN wins 850



On this second hand there are 34 players left (with 27 get the $). It's this to loose to open?


PokerStars - 200/400 Ante 50 NL - Holdem - 9 players

BB: 2,653 (6.6 bb)
Hero (UTG): 6,399 (16 bb)
UTG+1: 5,749 (14.4 bb)
MP: 6,859 (17.1 bb)
MP+1: 12,810 (32 bb)
MP+2: 17,502 (43.8 bb)
CO: 17,167 (42.9 bb)
BTN: 4,208 (10.5 bb)
SB: 13,634 (34.1 bb)

9 players post ante of 50, SB posts 200, BB posts 400

Pre Flop: (pot: 1,050) Hero has
Hero folds, 7 folds

Results: 850 pot (0 rake)

BB wins 850

 

[fundiver199]

Suited aces can generally be opened from any position, but in the first hand there were many rejam stacks behind, and we are not really excited about calling a rejam with A8s, so folding is fine. In the second hand I would have min-raised with intentions to fold to a 3-bet from anyone except BB. Near the bubble a lot of people nit up, so I dont think, we get attacked very often, and when we do, we still have 14 bigs left, which can still bring us into the money.