Poker Stars $25.00+$2.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t25/t50 Blinds + t10 - 8 players
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SB: t3986 M = 25.72
Hero (BB): t1810 M = 11.68
UTG: t2878 M = 18.57
UTG+1: t3815 M = 24.61
MP1: t2789 M = 17.99
MP2: t2118 M = 13.66
CO: t2664 M = 17.19
BTN: t7665 M = 49.45

Pre Flop: (t155) Hero is BB with A J
4 folds, CO raises to t200, 2 folds, Hero calls t150

Flop: (t505) 7 8 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: (t505) A (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets t300, Hero calls t300

River: (t1105) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets t800, Hero calls t800

Obviously the key to this hand is which Ax villain is raising pre with (the oversized antes should make a difference) and then how many is he betting for value twice?

I think in a regular MTT I'd be more inclined to c/c turn and c/f river against a random. Thoughts?

Good chance I 3-bet pre intending to get it in, esp w/ the big antes. I'd prob just b/f turn and river since it isn't like villain is ever folding an ace and there are probably a lot of worse aces in his range and god knows what else they peel w/.

As played I would definitely call the river. He bets plenty of worse for value.

I like it, so I guess you should have done what PageUp said

May be read dependent, but aren't we far enough ahead of CO's opening range here to make shoving pre-flop an option? 355 in the pot, 1810 in our stack seems like a nice spot to chip up (or bust out ).

(admittedly I haven't played many big ante tourneys so I'm not sure how loose they play early on).

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