PokerStars Hold-em Tourney ($2.00+$0.20), Big Blind is t60 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from triple-t
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saw flop|saw showdown

CO (t3915)
Button (t3380)
SB (t2405)
Lovemonk (t2669)
UTG (t4184)
UTG+1 (t729)
MP1 (t9358)
MP2 (t8590)
Lovemonk is BB with .
Pre-Flop:
1 folds, UTG+1 calls, 3 folds, Button calls, SB calls, Lovemonk checks.

Flop: (Pot=t240) (4 players)
SB checks, Lovemonk bets t300, UTG+1 calls, Button calls, SB folds.

Turn: (Pot=t600) (3 players)
Lovemonk bets t1000, UTG+1 calls All-In, Button raises to t2000, Lovemonk calls.

River: (Main Pot=t1707; Side Pot 1=t3262) (3 players, 1 all-in)
Lovemonk bets t309 All-In, Button calls.

Spoiler

Button has , A Straight, Five high
Lovemonk has , Three of a Kind, Aces
Button wins t3322 from Side Pot 1.
UTG+1 has , A Full House, Kings full of Aces
UTG+1 wins t1707 from Main Pot.

Gutted. How would you guys have played that?

Yeah... I did go in with my guns blazing, didn't I.

The reason I shoved hard was because I was falling below the average chip count for the tournament, but that now seems like a foolish figure to follow. Should I consider that figure at all? Or do I just want to make sure I'm comfortably above the BB?

Originally Posted by jharding666

Triple aces ITT

As a default I think I prefer to start with a check on the flop because we're not really getting called by much worse. I'd probably be betting something like 125 if I were to bet to allow Kx to call at least one street, definitely nothing like 300 though!

We have a massive draw on the turn so I like betting here but again, please bet less.

River plays itself although you might as well have stuck those chips in on the turn if you're calling the 2000 I guess.

Originally Posted by triple-t

Falling below the average chip stack for the tournament is not a problem. I almost never even look at the average stack. Now if you fall way below the average stack on the table, then you might have to worry.

The important number is M, which is the ratio of your stack to the sum of the blinds and antes. So if your at a 9 player table with 100/200/25 blinds and antes, and you have a stack of 5250, then your M is 10. As your M gets low, you gotta pick a spot and put your chips in the middle before you blind off.

Cheers for the advice, guys.

I like the advice I get here, it's good stuff.