AT in 4.40 180

alright i have been messing around with the 180man sngs lately and this hand came up last night. the villain had been min raising a lot and being generally loose. A few hands before this hand happened i raised some trash hand to steal and got 2 callers and it checked down and my pair of deuces held up. At this point there was 13 left. I would just like to know how this was played//was it just a stupid idea being so close to the FT. thanks

Submitted by : bane

POKERSTARS GAME #17439484839: TOURNAMENT #88393451, $4.00+$0.40 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL X (300/600) - 2008/05/15 - 01:07:15 (ET)
Table '88393451 8' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: gatorheel (8575 in chips)
Seat 3: monsterali (14322 in chips)
Seat 5: LaurentJou (23724 in chips)
Seat 6: buggz39 (11805 in chips)
Seat 7: discoshaggy (7955 in chips)
Seat 9: Dombie (52843 in chips)
gatorheel: posts the ante 50
monsterali : posts the ante 50
LaurentJou: posts the ante 50
buggz39: posts the ante 50
discoshaggy: posts the ante 50
Dombie: posts the ante 50
Dombie: posts small blind 300
gatorheel: posts big blind 600

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to monsterali
monsterali : raises 853 to 1453
LaurentJou: folds
buggz39: folds
discoshaggy: folds
Dombie: raises 2747 to 4200
gatorheel: folds
monsterali : raises 10072 to 14272 and is all-in
Dombie: calls 10072

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $29,444.00)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $29,444.00)

   

River (Pot : $29,444.00)

   

Showdown
Dombie: shows (high card Ace)
monsterali : shows (high card Ace - lower kicker)
Dombie collected 29444 from pot

Summary
Total pot 29444 | Rake 0
Board  
Seat 2: gatorheel (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: monsterali showed and lost with high card Ace
Seat 5: LaurentJou folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: buggz39 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: discoshaggy (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Dombie (small blind) showed and won (29444) with high card Ace

Minrasing + being lose =/= 3betting with weaker aces

fold to his 3bet

ya just fold

You said that you have been aggressive the last few hands.
That´s good, but people don´t want to be pushed around, so eventually they will come after you.
That´s why I don´t like your raise UTG with a marginal hand.
If you are playing TAG, ATo is good enough to raise. But with the image you presented
because of the last few hands. You are better off with letting the hand go.

Anyway, after your raise, you get reraised in MP; In this situation it is a clear fold.
Because you´re 90% of the times dominated or you have only one overcard.
Most of the times they don´t reraise with a low PP in this position. So you should muck it.
His range is 99+, AT+ in my opinion.
You have a decent stack left to wait for a better spot.

It's often better to raise in Position!
And besides... A lot of times it's better to fold AT in EP.

Greetings Insomnifist.

Raising ATo utg is fine but you have to let it go after he 3bet you for two reasons:
1- He has you covered
2- You don't want to play him oop

On May 15 2008 12:43 nutshot wrote: fold to his 3bet

I agree with folding to the three-bet, but for those who are suggesting open folding, isn't ATo a pretty standard minimum UTG opener six-handed?

On May 16 2008 14:02 vltava wrote: I agree with folding to the three-bet, but for those who are suggesting open folding, isn't ATo a pretty standard minimum UTG opener six-handed?

Agree, folding it pre 6 handed is weak. But if we have been very active lastly i don't have any problem folding it.

thank you everyone

what's with the retarded PF raise?

On June 01 2008 01:33 androidmetro wrote: what's with the retarded PF raise?

its not retarded..