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This hand was posted on the PXF Forum by Ichiro614. He's a low/microstakes player and this was from a $2.75 freezeout. Curious as to what people think. I believe that it's flawed logic to assume that you're flipping every time you have AK.

My responses in the thread:

Originally Posted by doublegutted

I'd play it the same as you.

Originally Posted by doublegutted

Originally Posted by protput

Originally Posted by JoKaPoka

protput, this isn't a sitngo, it's an MTT. In a SNG, it might very well be a fold, but in a MTT, folding would be a (fairly big imo) mistake. People play looser early on and take gambles with mediocre hands all the time.

I'd fold it early in a MTT also. Chances are big that one of them has a PP.
Then your chances to triple up are only 35% and not 50%

You're kidding, right? More than half the table is never folding A9/KQ/QJ/JT or any suited Ace for that matter preflop.

It's pretty clear that the initial raiser isn't folding and people don't re-raise/fold in these tournies so the BB is calling our shove along with the 1st raiser. If you tell me for a fact that I'm 35% to triple up, I stick it in immediately.

I play exactly this probably right up to the $55s (as in, the MTT buy-in right below is my cutoff)

And gambooling early is what I do anyway.

why not 3 bet this?

If I smooth call, I will def play the way Ichiro played it. However I still don't understand why pushing or 3 beting is not the best option.

By 3 bet I mean RR the original raiser.

Originally Posted by gder03

why not 3 bet this?

If I smooth call, I will def play the way Ichiro played it. However I still don't understand why pushing or 3 beting is not the best option.

By 3 bet I mean RR the original raiser.

You have no fold equity. People this early don't blind steal in the sense where they raise with intention to fold and 3-betting just builds the pot. Once the guy 3-bets from the BB, pot control goes out the window, and we have to decide to see 5 cards or no cards.