$Freeroll NLHE MTT: A3s in MP+2 call or fold?

[mariussica88]

This tournament is a turbo satellite with only 1st place winning a ticket and we are in the beginning. With only 10 hands played the opponent has VPIP 33 PFR 11, not much reliable info with such a small sample. Do you guys think that calling turn is a good call?

pokerstars - 40/80 Ante 10 NL - Holdem - 9 players


BB: 2,810 (35.1 bb)
UTG: 5,900 (73.8 bb)
UTG+1: 470 (5.9 bb)
MP: 2,096 (26.2 bb)
MP+1: 4,558 (57 bb)
Hero (MP+2): 2,636 (33 bb)
CO: 3,000 (37.5 bb)
BTN: 10,974 (137.2 bb)
SB: 5,843 (73 bb)

9 players post ante of 10, SB posts 40, BB posts 80

Pre Flop: (pot: 210) Hero has
4 folds, Hero raises to 200, CO calls 200, BTN calls 200, SB calls 160, fold

Flop: (970, 4 players)
SB bets 80, Hero calls 80, CO calls 80, BTN raises to 1,370, SB calls 1,290, Hero calls 1,290, fold

Turn: (5,160, 3 players)
SB bets 80, Hero calls 80, BTN raises to 5,480, fold, Hero calls 976 and is all-in

River: (7,352, 2 players)

Results: 7,352 pot (0 rake)
Final Board:

 

[fundiver199]

Preflop
Standard open

Flop
You flopped a huge draw with 12 outs, that are all to the nuts, unless there is board pair, or someone have 63. SB leads for a min-bet, which is essentially the same as checking. The way I respond to this kind of action is to basically ignore it, and I would put in a raise here to thin the field and build the pot. I am totally happy to stack it off, if someone comes back over the top.

So as played I am definitely not folding, when BTN put in a raise, even its a very large raise, which commits you to the pot. So the only question is call or jam, and when SB has called, I actually prefer jamming. The reason is, SB will be getting great pot odds, if you jam, and when you most likely need to improve to beat BTN, you want SB to put in as many chips as possible. Its actually a jam for value, because in a 3-way pot you always have more than 33% equity with a big draw like this. The worst thing, that can happen now, is that SB dont like the turn card and bail out.

Turn
As played a simple math decision. You are getting 6:1, which is more than good enough to get it in with 12 outs. If BTN has a set or J9, you only have 10 outs, but that is still more than enough getting such a good price.

 

[Sidetracked]

I like your preflop raise and sizing.

You pretty much flop the world, and I am happy just to jam the flop

It looks like you made your flush, so unless villain had a boat, you got a good result.

 

[ElmerS]

Preflop

I like your open-raise but the sizing could be a bit smaller. I personal raise to 2.2bb but it's not so bad to open it to 2.5 bb.

Flop

When you get 3 callers you have to be carefull. The ranges of the cutoff, btn and SB are much stronger than the bb.
But you flop the world with your draw. Personally I like to check-raise on the flop.
A c-bet on the flop looks very strong because we have 3 opponents so they will call less often.
And it's a perfect hand to balance our checking range.
If we always fold after a check people will start taking advantage from it. So we need some hands to defend our checking range and I think this one is perfect.

So I would just called like you did and raised all-in on the flop.

Turn

As played you have to call this off. This is why I would jam on the flop