this is such a tough spot. CL has no reason to believe you are stealing, you raised UTG+1 after an UTG limp, this is a very very strong play, and if it were me I would imagine you have a very reasonable hand.

I would really like to know how the CL was playing up until this point. Honestly he could easaily be a terrible player and not be paying attention. he might have like AJ and be hoping for you to come over the top, but you dont know.

In poker, you have to go with the information available. The chip leader knows you are new to the table, you are making a raise that represents great strength. He (should) know this, and thus, to re raise, he needs to be ahead of AK here.

Hm... however, you started with 24000, put in 6k, you only have 18k left. there is 1500 in the pot from the ep limp, plus the blinds thats 3750, plus your raise which makes 9750, plus the CL's raise so that makes the pot a little less that 20k. hes not folding to a push here at all imo, he is commiting himself to the pot.

i think with your stack, the money allready in the pot, and the chance that you have overcards, the chance hes a donkey, means you have to gamble here. you more than double up if you win and it puts you in position to win the tournament.

if you were opening the pot from the button or the co this would be an instapush, his hand has to be pretty strong because you raised after a limper in EP. however donkeys dont pay attention to this, gamble with his ass, i imagine he has like 77+, maybe AQ or AJ if he is awful. he doesnt HAVE to have aa or kk here.

this is especaily a push at a lower buy in tournament.


fyi im still learning mtts