Getting away from hands

[Gomez22]

I thought the MTT I signed up for was NL, but of course, I read it wrong and it was a limit MTT. I don't have any problems with this, as I am a better limit ring player than NL, but this is a situation that I don't know if anyone would be able to get away from here.

PokerStars Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind t4000 (8 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter

Hero (t45470)
SB (t49586)
BB (t63720)
UTG (t73428)
UTG+1 (t48710)
MP1 (t47819)
MP2 (t20304)
CO (t44212)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (8 SB, t32000) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, UTG folds, Hero calls, SB calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB, t44000) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, BB calls.

River: (13.50 BB, t108000) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls t1470 (All-In).

Final Pot: 14.68375 BB (t117470)


It wasn't until BB 3-bet the turn that I began to consider him having AQ (actually, I really discounted this due to the fact that I would have thought him to 3-bet a hand like AQo PF), 99, or 44. At the point where he 3-bets, my original thought process was twofold:

1. Even IF I call his 3-bet and call the river (cause there's no way I can lay this down at the time) I'm going to only have 1470 chips left.

2. I'm playing to win (at minimum a top-3 finish), and at this point, I feel like I have to put my whole stack in given pot odds and the fact that the remainder of my stack is going to be useless if I fold at any point.


Any comments here? Would anyone else prefer to get to a SD cheaply with this hand given the circumstances?

PS - This was my 2nd MTT in a row where I made the final 2 tables, the other being a PLO MTT, where runner-runner boat beat my flopped mid-set. Is it just me, or is it usually the case that when you get deep into a MTT (final 3-tables or so) that your exit is either a beat or outdraw?

Thanks for any advice,

'Mez