$Freeroll NLHE MTT Turbo: Hyper - Turbo satellite

mariussica88 · Feb 4, 2022

This is a hyper-turbo freeroll satellite with 1st place get a $22 EPT live ticket. Usually i don't play hyper-turbo because it's not my type of tournament, i think it's to much luck involved into it, but yesterday i decided to try it.

Since you start with 10 BB do you guys think that my call here is ok?

pokerstars - 75/150 Ante 15 NL - Holdem - 8 players

BTN: 2,016 (13.4 bb)
SB: 1,068 (7.1 bb)
Hero (BB): 803 (5.4 bb)
UTG: 9,915 (66.1 bb)
UTG+1: 1,777 (11.8 bb)
MP: 463 (3.1 bb)
MP+1: 1,937 (12.9 bb)
CO: 1,410 (9.4 bb)

8 players post ante of 15, SB posts 75, Hero posts BB 150

Pre Flop: (pot: 345) Hero has

fold, UTG+1 raises to 1,762 and is all-in, 2 folds, CO calls 1,395 and is all-in, 2 folds, Hero calls 638 and is all-in

Flop: (3,773, 3 players)

Turn: (3,773, 3 players)

River: (3,773, 3 players)

Results: 3,773 pot (0 rake)
Final Board:

UTG+1 shows

: (One Pair, Twos)
Main Pot: [2,559]: (Pre 39%, Flop 25%, Turn 14%)
Side Pot: [1,214]: (Pre 48%, Flop 27%, Turn 14%)

CO shows

: (Two Pair, Fives and Twos)
Main Pot: [2,559]: (Pre 19%, Flop 12%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot: [1,214]: (Pre 52%, Flop 73%, Turn 86%)

Hero shows

: (Two Pair, Eights and Twos)
Main Pot: [2,559]: (Pre 43%, Flop 62%, Turn 81%)

Hero wins 2,559
CO wins 1,214

fundiver199 · Feb 4, 2022

I plugged the hand into ICMizer putting the program in Chip-EV mode, since it was apparently a winner take all event. And in that situation any pair 33 or higher is an overcall for Hero. Interestingly AX hands are not favoured as calling hands here, presumably because they are to often dominated by one or both opponents. So 33, 54s and K6s is a call, but A9s and ATo is a fold. Not sure how many people would get that right in real time, but 88 is for sure a solid call.

300HPGOD · Feb 4, 2022

Normally I am not digging an overcall with 88 against multiple opponents since you will be going against an overpair or at least 3 overcards often. However, with 5 BBs and a tournament where everything is moving fast you need to really loosen up so 88 is more than enough to go with here. No way of knowing if villains are playing properly or not but if they are they should must looser than you would expect given that it is a turbo which just makes 88 that much more of a call.