Just moved to a new table early in a live mtt. Have open raised 2 hands and won 1 of them without showdown. 1 split pot. TT, AQ.

5 handed. 100/200 blinds. I have roughly 23000 chips. everyone around 20000 chips.

I pick up Ac3c UTG and decide to open bet to 600. folds around to sb who calls. BB calls.

Flop is 2c4c9h. sb checks. BB bets 400. I re-raise to 2000. sb calls. BB re-raises to 8000.

Hero?

You are over 50 percent equity unless he has a4 a9 aces or a set. Easy ship, especially with small blinds 2600 in the pot.

On the flop I am most likely calling the 400. It keeps our range open and if SB raises we can choose to jam at that point or just call closing out the action. If we are going to raise, I would make it 1200.

Given the raise to 8000, with SB in for 2000, a nut flush draw, and its a $70 tourney, I would jam here preparing to rebuy. Maybe we are up against 2 sets. Or a set and 2 pair. More likely SB has a flush draw as well. We are probably about 40% to win which is good enough. I think we have 0% Fold Equity though.

I shoved this hand and sb calls and bb calls.

sb turns over TT and BB turns over 99 for a set.

Trips hold and we are left with 5000 left.

Agree with what is said above. I’m fine with raising flop as we can continue barreling. I don’t like the 2k sizing though. Think the right sizing would be 1k-1600 and leaning toward 1200-1400. $70 tourny, I’m fine getting it in on this flop here and just rebuying. I can get behind just calling flop also. Prolly just don’t betting turns or rivers that improve our range though.

If this was an expensive tourny with a great structure I would be fine with folding flop some action here. We have like 12 outs which isn’t even 50% against a super nutty nutty range. I wouldn’t be looking to get ai here in a tourny with a great structure this early unless we have the nuts or very close.