2nd hand of large MTT


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO (t1500)
Button (t1490)
SB (t1910)
BB (t1480)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t1400)
Hero (t1500)
MP3 (t1630)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A, Q. UTG posts a blind of t20.
UTG+1 raises to t80, 1 fold, Hero calls t80, 5 folds.

Flop: (t190) Q, 2, T (3 players)
UTG+1 bets t140, Hero raises to t360, UTG+1 raises to t1420,

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Hero calls t1060 (All-In).

Turn: (t3030) 3 (3 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t3030) A (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3030


Results in white below:
UTG+1 has Kc Jc (straight, ace high).
Hero has Ad Qs (two pair, aces and queens).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins t3030.

UTG posts a blind? Wtf? This is a tourney!


I actually don't mind a fold PF here in the 2nd hand. If he is a solid player then we are well behind his range and there are plenty of potentially dangerous flops for us where as there are very few really profitable flops. The guy may turn out to be a donk but we don't know that yet.

On the flop I make the call, you said yourself it is a large MTT so we need to build our stack quickly and here looks like a good enough spot. If he has us beaten, tough shit, that's why I prefer the fold PF.

I debated preflop fold, but called just because this is a low-stakes mtt and I've grown accustomed to UTG raises with weak hands. Still, it would have kept me out of trouble though...

Not sure about the FTR conversion by the way, he was BB but it said "UTG" when it came out...

Call this flop every time. When I read the hand my first instinct said flush draw, so I would have called. Like Harding said, you would like to build the big stack early.