$33 AK early hand, lotta action

[Scuba Chuck]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter

MP2 (t860)
MP3 (t650)
CO (t820)
Button (t1660)
Hero (t630)
BB (t825)
UTG (t1070)
UTG+1 (t755)
MP1 (t730)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t75</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls t60, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t120</font>, MP1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t225</font>, Hero .....

<font color="blue"> How do you play this hand?
</font>

[apd138]

I fold but I shade towards weak tight at times. Also some people might argue for going all in which isn't an option in the poll.

[kspade]

bleh - no way do I call. Leaning toward fold, but all-in is a close second.

[Scuba Chuck]

[ QUOTE ]
bleh - no way do I call. Leaning toward fold, but all-in is a close second

[/ QUOTE ]

That's pretty funny, I considered adding push to the poll. And I tend to agree precisely with your thinking...

[1C5]

I have called this in the past but think it is a leak. In the 10s I will push this from now on I think...

[syphlix]

i fold this... i think theres a really good chance you're gonna get smoked by KK or AA here w/ all that action... if you're wrong and no one had those... oh well... someone's got some pair... so you're at best a coinflip... and i'm just not willing to put my tourney life on the line for a coinflip on the first hand...

[curtains]

I think folding is fine. Your edge here if any should be quite small (this is best case scenario, more often than you think one of these guys will have AA-KK), but your edge by folding and playing the rest of the tournament should be quite decent.

[Cleveland Guy]

[ QUOTE ]
i fold this... i think theres a really good chance you're gonna get smoked by KK or AA here w/ all that action... if you're wrong and no one had those... oh well... someone's got some pair... so you're at best a coinflip... and i'm just not willing to put my tourney life on the line for a coinflip on the first hand...

[/ QUOTE ]

Not only this - but it's probably not a fair coinflip.

If someone has TT-QQ, there is a good chance at least one or two of your outs is in someone elses hand here, so your flipping a coin hoping for tails, but it's weighted for heads to come up.

[GtrHtr]

I was typing out my reasoning for pushing the hand and talked myself out of it???? Fold.

[Scuba Chuck]

[ QUOTE ]
so your flipping a coin hoping for tails, but it's weighted for heads to come up.

[/ QUOTE ]

excellent analysis.