Poker Stars $5.00+$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 9 players
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BTN: t1500
SB: t1500
BB: t1500
UTG: t1500
UTG+1: t1500
UTG+2: t1500
MP1: t1500
MP2: t1500
Hero (CO): t1500

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is CO with 3 A
UTG calls t20, 2 folds, MP1 calls t20, MP2 calls t20, Hero calls t20, 1 fold, SB calls t10, BB checks

Flop: (t120) A A T (6 players)
SB bets t220, BB folds, UTG folds, MP1 calls t220, MP2 calls t220, Hero calls t220

Turn: (t1000) Q (4 players)
SB bets t1260 all in, MP1 calls t1260 all in, MP2 calls t1260 all in, Hero ?


So this is the very first hand of the tournament. I know people do crazy stuff early in these low stakes ones,but this is still a fold,right?

Should I have shoved flop? I thought about it,but worried about my kicker,figuring surely someone else has an A,obv with a better kicker. Now I might be looking at a split against an A,but losing to the flush. The reason why I am contemplating a call is the size of the pot,there's an awful lot of money in there,but still,isn't a split the very best I can hope for here?

yeh shove the flop

If you feel someone has a better ace, please fold the flop. If you call, you are spewing. If you think you have the best hand, shove flop.

shove>fold>call, but is read dependant

as played easy fold on turn

Gotta raise that flop with that big of a post flop field. Standard poker. Do not fear a better ace, with the board you will likely be chopping (big aces should raise pf). You need to get value from the draws by raising this flop everytime.

Fold PF? When you play A-rag, this is where you wind up when you hit the flop. You got one of your best possible flops, you can easily be up against 3 non-A hands (KJ, KQ, FDs), so you have shove flop, especially since kickers may not play in a limped pot.
On the turns, it's a simple math problem. Assuming you are up against a str/flush, you have 1 A, 3 3's, 3 Q's and 3 T's - 10 outs, so 3.6:1 against. The pot is offering you 4,380:1,260 = 3.48:1 so it's a marginal fold.

EDIT: ooops, f'ed up the math - the pot is offering 4,780:1,260 = 3.8:1 so it's actually a marginal CALL.