Could i have folded on the flop? i did consider a AQ there but it was really hard for me folding because i have invest to much already
Poker Stars, $3.11 Buy-in (25/50 blinds, 6 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.
Preflop: Hero is CO with A K
3 folds, MP3 raises to 100, Hero raises to 350, BTN calls 350, 2 folds, MP3 calls 250
Flop: (1,173) 9 A Q (3 players)
MP3 checks, Hero bets 400, BTN folds, MP3 raises to 1,300 and is all-in, Hero calls 900
Turn: (3,773) 2 (2 players, 1 is all-in) River: (3,773) 3 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: 3,773 pot
Final Board: 9 A Q 2 3
MP3 showed 9 9 and won 3,773 (2,117 net)
Hero showed A K and lost (-1,656 net)
BTN mucked and lost (-356 net)
You've barely got more than a pot-sized bet left when the flop comes, and the chance that at least one of them stacks off with a weaker A or a fd are good enough to get more value from tptk.