($27) AKo hand
 

No read on the EP raiser yet. The SB shorty I put on A2C, literally, he's very horrible. EP raiser hesitated a long time before pushing.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter

MP3 (t1440)
CO (t2180)
Button (t1470)
SB (t980)
BB (t1430)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
Hero (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t40</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t100</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, SB calls t90, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t300</font>, Hero calls t200, SB calls t200.

Flop: (t920) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t680 (All-In)</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t1200</font>, Hero ???

Re: ($27) AKo hand
 

GTFO

Re: ($27) AKo hand
 

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Or were you looking for thoughtful analysis?

You've got two people that aren't afraid of that K, Q board. If you are lucky you have a three way split....whatta the odds of that?

Re: ($27) AKo hand
 

I think this might even be a fold preflop (after the re-re-raise). Certainly I can't imagine calling the flop.

Re: ($27) AKo hand
 

i would fold preflop here.

having not folded, i don't think i'm folding TPTK here. but i puke a bit.

Re: ($27) AKo hand
 

with the types of donk plays i've seen at the 27's, i'm calling this. sb has dead money in there, and you don't have a read on EP. he minraised, so that could mean AA or he's a goofball. i think i'm calling if he's got me beat so be it.

Re: ($27) AKo hand
 

I'm sorry but what on Earth? Isn't the idea to avoid close gambles (and this surely must be one, seeing as you can't rate to have the best hand now, let alone the river, enough against even just the EP to make this much more than a coinflip) in the beginning stages? Even if you triple up here, does it guarantee you ITM or better? The blinds are 10/20! I think you need to calm down a bit.

Re: ($27) AKo hand
 

i don't mind taking gambles early. i'll fire up another if i get knocked out. i know this hurts your ROI, but lori tracked taking early coinflips and found it to be higher $/hr when taking early coinflips. so if you don't start up another game when you get knocked out, you should probably pass. but if you'll fire up another, you can take this. i know it's a marginal call, but some of these 27 players are really bad.

Re: ($27) AKo hand
 

Actually, no, it was never fully completed (the tracking, experiment, whatever you want to call it). It's still pretty debateable which one is better for $/hr, I'd say.

Re: ($27) AKo hand
 

Though there's a fair chance you're beating the horrible SB, I think you are AT BEST splitting against UTG+1, whom I have trouble putting on anything besides AK/AA-QQ here. It's super rare IMO that he will have re-raised preflop with AhJh/AhTh, &amp; he can't have AQ+flush draw. Muck.

I'd also probably muck preflop against an EP 3-bettor, but I understand calling with the virtually dead money SB is contributing to the pot.