First hand of Step 1 Tourney - PP

[jac394]

First hand of tourney - no history with villain, however, as soon as I sat down, the villian posted the fact that he was going all-in on every hand. I took that information with a good bit of skepticism.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

MP2 (t800)
MP3 (t800)
CO (t800)
<font color="#C00000">Button (t800)</font>
SB (t800)
BB (t800)
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t800)</font>
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t30</font>, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button calls [t800] , SB folds, BB folds, Hero calls [t770].

Flop: (t1610) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Turn: (t1610) 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t1610) A/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t1610

My thoughts when he went all-in that first hand was that he was telling the truth before the tourney started, or he accidentally woke up with a hand.

I also thought that if he did actually have a hand, I could start another tourney quickly, and if not, I'd double up.

Pretty standard or a little too loose for the first hand?

Results below

[jac394]

Results:
Hero has Td Ts (flush, ace high).
Button has 3s Qh (two pair, aces and queens).
Outcome: Hero wins t1610.

Really not trying to be results oriented, but wanted others opinion on the play. I also am wondering if the "all-in" every hand might have been a ploy to try and accumulate some chips on the very first hand of the tourney, because you have to figure not too many people will believe you are going all-in every hand, so you might be able to steal for a round or two.

I wouldn't have tried it unless I actually had a hand, even though the hand was far from a premium hand, I figured for the first hand, why not take a shot.

[curtains]

I think that based on his comments and the low buyin of the tournament, that you made a good call. You have to finish in the top 2 to get anything here, so if this is a clear +ev spot, which is very likely is, you should take it.

[adanthar]

Limp or make a bigger raise (I limp tens, raise jacks here) and you're good to go.

The call is fine.