intents09
Legend
Silver Level
This is a $0.50+$.05 R+A $50 GT, had 100 entries and after 1st break was $134 paying 8 players. We are at the 300-600 level roughly an hr and a half into the tourney or just about. There are 28-29 remaining and I have about an average stack, at 11,810. I'm in mp2 I believe, I get AK off, and UTG guy pushes all in for 21k. I thought for only a few seconds but basically insta folded. I feel I have a decent enough stack for a better time in this tourney than calling hoping for a flip and usually not gonna see worse, like AQ or AJ. The guy has played some hands, to have 21k here, so he's prob a LAG but he isn't just crazy betting atc all the time. I folded, how do you play it and why?
I wanted to add this in a separate thread but I'll hope this is easier and keep it here. Later in this tourney about 23-24 players with roughly 9,500-10k chips I pick up AK hearts and this same villain goes all in from a later position, either cutoff or just before, and he now has slightly less chips than me. He does this after the utg player has made a basic raise, 2.5-3x. I reraise the rest of my chips as a call leaves me with less than 1,500. The utg player thinks for a few before finally folding. Our cards are flipped and villain has AK diamonds, UTG says he had AK also hehe and villain and I split pot. Finally with 17 players left I've been blinded down as I've seen no hands, we are 9 handed and I'm in the SB after just folding BB and blinds are 1500-3000. I have 6180 or so behind and same villain, yet again, has gone all in for 15k in the CO as everyone has folded to him. I hate this spot so much, but I reluctantly call with TT. He flips over KQ off and hits a K on the flop, knocking me out 17th. So as a second question, do you call and hope rather easily with the TT here or do you possibly fold some more and either way, why?
I wanted to add this in a separate thread but I'll hope this is easier and keep it here. Later in this tourney about 23-24 players with roughly 9,500-10k chips I pick up AK hearts and this same villain goes all in from a later position, either cutoff or just before, and he now has slightly less chips than me. He does this after the utg player has made a basic raise, 2.5-3x. I reraise the rest of my chips as a call leaves me with less than 1,500. The utg player thinks for a few before finally folding. Our cards are flipped and villain has AK diamonds, UTG says he had AK also hehe and villain and I split pot. Finally with 17 players left I've been blinded down as I've seen no hands, we are 9 handed and I'm in the SB after just folding BB and blinds are 1500-3000. I have 6180 or so behind and same villain, yet again, has gone all in for 15k in the CO as everyone has folded to him. I hate this spot so much, but I reluctantly call with TT. He flips over KQ off and hits a K on the flop, knocking me out 17th. So as a second question, do you call and hope rather easily with the TT here or do you possibly fold some more and either way, why?
