Poker Stars, $1.96 Buy-in (30/60 blinds, 8 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
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SB: 5,729 (95.5 bb)
Hero (BB): 4,198 (70 bb)
UTG+1: 5,228 (87.1 bb)
UTG+2: 6,122 (102 bb)
MP1: 5,539 (92.3 bb)
MP2: 266 (4.4 bb)
MP3: 9,465 (157.8 bb)
CO: 4,140 (69 bb)
BTN: 5,615 (93.6 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q♦: A♦:
UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls 60, MP1 raises to 210, 5 folds, Hero raises to 720, UTG+2 folds, MP1 raises to 1,740, Hero calls 1,020
Flop: (3,642) 8♠: Q♥: 3♥: (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets 3,791 and is all-in, Hero calls 2,450 and is all-in
Turn: (8,542) A♠: (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: (8,542) 2♣: (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Results:
Spoiler
8,542 pot
Final Board: 8♠: Q♥: 3♥: A♠: 2♣:
Hero showed Q♦: A♦: and won 8,542 (4,344 net)
MP1 showed K♣: K♠: and lost (-4,198 net)
After review I've gone back and forth between playing every action differently. Preflop I think it's close between flat and 3bet, but I think I prefer 3bet to reduce villain's positional advantage as well as deny him equity for the bottom of his range that he folds. Flatting avoids the sticky situation we find facing a 4bet, but I think the hand is going tough to play against a range that would 4bet anyway. Once we get 4bet I think we can fold, call or shove and it's close. Folding seems a little nitty to me and shoving seems too loose, so I actually do like the idea of calling with the intention of shoving pretty much any flop. No idea why I didn't shove the flop, but I suppose the check could induce an AK, AJ or JJ into shoving (though I'm not sure opponents are folding AK to a shove here anyway).
What do you guys think?
