Should i have played any different?

[Firetrap]

Gobsmacked with this one......

OK mtt sat to Poker stars 500k - top 6 get a seat....7 left!!! Chipleader has just taken out another player hand before.......(relevant?)

Table '4045558 1' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: ME (11802 in chips)
Seat 2: (10778 in chips)
Seat 5: (12272 in chips)
Seat 6: (26804 in chips)
Seat 7: (3627 in chips)
Seat 8: (6652 in chips)
Seat 9: (18065 in chips)
ante 50

Seat8 posts small blind 400
Seat9 posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ME [Kc Ks]
ME: raises 1600 to 2400
Seat2: folds
Seat5: folds
Seat6:Chipleader raises 4800 to 7200
Seat7: folds
Seat8: folds
Seat9: folds

ME: raises 4552 to 11752 and is all-in
Seat6:Chipleader calls 4552
*** FLOP *** [8h Qh 2h]

*** TURN *** [8h Qh 2h] [Th]

*** RIVER *** [8h Qh 2h Th] [9c]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
ME: shows [Kc Ks] (a pair of Kings)
Chipleader: shows [Ah Jh] (a flush, Ace high)
Chipleader collected 25054 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 25054 | Rake 0
Board [8h Qh 2h Th 9c]
Seat 1: ME showed [Kc Ks] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: Chipleader showed [Ah Jh] and won (25054) with a flush, Ace high

OK - when he reraised he was saying im calling now no matter what, but i didnt think he had or needed aces - one ace maybe, but not 2. Still there are players with 4-6 times bb left.....surely i shouldnt have folded here......should i? Could i have played differently?

Wish i had now lol

[Lurshy]

That was played fine IMHO.

And if you knew before the hand he had AJs you would still reraise him all-in PF. At least I would.

[Poker Jon]

No way No way No way!!

Fine with the raise - but fold the re-raise. I know its a tough spot but this is classic satellite bubbly situation. There is no way, with your stack that you should be going all in.

That even means with AA IMO.

Jon

[Shorty35]

I agree. Totally different situation if this was a cash tourney with typical payout structure; then I think the push is 100% correct. But you're almost guaranteed a seat here if you're smart and only push the nuts. Fold to the reraise as painful as it is.

[Firetrap]

gotta say i VERY nearly did fold it down, and i didnt just throw my chips in str8 away.

but this was a VERY tough table, it had been sitting like this for some time - people werent just throwing chips around, and when they did it was timed well.

To me i felt very strongly i was ahead and if i won this hand i would have turned off my laptop and read about the rest of the tourny in tomorrows papers (so to speak [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img])

How do you think the Chipleader played it? I hadnt played a hand in ages, wasnt in desparate need of chips and opened UTG.

[zaxx19]

Muck it preflop. lol. Imean seriously if you are gonna fold to any reraise anyway doesnt this make sense?? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[adanthar]

I would try limping it and fold to the CL's raise.

Yes, really. You have more than the lowest two stacks combined and over 10 BB. You almost certainly have no business playing this hand (but if you do raise, either go all in to begin with or fold to the reraise since it's from the chipleader.)