First MTT hand post
 

500 FPP Satellite to Sunday $350,000 guaranteed. First 8 gets $215 to enter into tournament.

36 people left out of 156 and I do this:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (9 handed) converter

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

<font color="C00000">UTG+1 (t4603)</font>
MP1 (t370)
MP2 (t7590)
<font color="C00000">Hero (t5458)</font>
CO (t2280)
<font color="C00000">Button (t5150)</font>
<font color="C00000">SB (t11195)</font>
BB (t6135)
UTG (t3410)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t200, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t800</font>, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t800, SB calls t700, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t600.

Flop: (t3300) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets t4633 (All-In)</font>, Button calls t4325 (All-In), SB calls t4633, UTG+1 calls t3778 (All-In).

Turn: (t20669) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players, 3 all-in)</font>

River: (t20669) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players, 3 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t20669
<font color="green">Main Pot: t18412 (t18412), between UTG+1, Hero, Button and SB.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by Button (t18412).</font>
<font color="green">Pot 2: t1641 (t1641), between Hero, Button and SB.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by Button (t1641).</font>
<font color="green">Pot 3: t616 (t616), between Hero and SB.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by Hero (t616).</font>

Results :

SB has 6h 7h (high card, king).
UTG+1 has 9h Jh (straight, king high).
Hero has 3h Ah (one pair, threes).
Button has As Jd (straight, ace high).
Outcome: Button wins t20053. Hero wins t616.

Was this a good move in this situation?

Re: First MTT hand post
 

Fold preflop. Other than that, your play is fine

Re: First MTT hand post
 

I would probably fold pre-flop. I would consider limping from this position only if I was very comfortable with not having to face a raise from someone behind me. At this stage, that's probably not very likely. I would only consider raising with A3s if it was folded to me (no limpers) while either on the button, CO, or MP3 (but only if the players behind me weren't very aggressive).

You've got a pretty strong draw here. 9 outs will give you the nut flush. 4 outs will give you the nut straight which you will likely split, possibly with 2 or 3 others given the calls of your raise. I think you are either in an all-in or check-fold position here. If you decide that you are willing to go for it on this hand then push (which you did). This will at least give others a chance to fold. You certainly don't want to check and have to call an all-in bet from another player. I would say that with this number of players and this texture of a flop, you were guaranteed to have at least one caller.

So the question is: do you want to take a gamble? And only you can answer that question. If so, you played it perfectly. But I would guess that you were behind on the flop.

Re: First MTT hand post
 

I raised with A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] to mix it up.