AK in the money of $10 MTT

[Frenchie]

Playing in a PP $10 Multi. We are down to 30 players and are in the money when the following 2 hands with AK came. The money is still nominal at this point. No read on the table as I have been at this table for 5 hands. Average stack is about 14K.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1500 (8 handed)

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

<font color="C00000">MP2 (t19805)</font>
Hero (t15656)
Button (t4080)
SB (t18067)
BB (t30242)
UTG (t3701)
UTG+1 (t19512)
<font color="C00000">MP1 (t7142)</font>

Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP1 raises to t7142 (All-In)</font>, MP2 calls t7142, <font color="666666">4 folds</font>.


<font color="green">When MP1 went all-in, I put him on PP of 88-JJ and planned on raising all-in to get heads-up. But MP2 called right away. My read on MP2 is that he also have PP maybe AK or AQ. Did not figure that I could get to him fold by raising all-in so I decided that I did not want to play against probably 2 PP and 3 playings left to act. </font>
Flop: (t16534) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t16534) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t16534) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t16534
<font color="green">Main Pot: t16534 (t16534), between MP2 and MP1.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by MP1 (t16534).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
MP1 has Ts Td (one pair, tens).
MP2 has 8d 8s (one pair, eights).
Outcome: MP1 wins t16534. </font>


The following hands came 5 hands later at the same table.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (8 handed)

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

SB (t8663)
<font color="C00000">Hero (t15656)</font>
UTG (t4080)
UTG+1 (t17317)
MP1 (t29340)
MP2 (t10103)
<font color="C00000">CO (t15512)</font>
Button (t17534)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="666666">4 folds</font>, CO calls t2000, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t5000</font>, CO calls t3000.

Flop: (t11000) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t3000</font>, <font color="CC3333">CO raises to t10512 (All-In)</font>, Hero calls t7512.

Turn: (t32024) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t32024) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t32024
<font color="green">Main Pot: t32024 (t32024), between Hero and CO.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by CO (t32024).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero has Kh As (high card, ace).
CO has Qs Jh (two pair, queens and jacks).
Outcome: CO wins t32024. </font>

On this hand, I think the better play would have been to raise all-in pre-flop. But once I bet on the flop, I think that I had to call the all-in raise.

[GrinningBuddha]

Hand 1: Good fold. I'm not a big fan of over-calling an all-in for 1/2 my stack.

Hand 2: All-in preflop, absolutely. You only have 8xBB here. Punish him for limping with QJo, or whatever he might have.