I have a big stack but have not been out of line. Have shown down the nuts,a set of jacks, and AA in the only notable pots that have seen showdown. Villian is a losing player but no reads as to why at this point.


Full Tilt Poker $75,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t80/t160 Blinds - 9 players
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BTN: t2515 15.72 BBs
Hero (SB): t17600 110 BBs
BB: t4940 30.88 BBs
UTG: t6021 37.63 BBs
UTG+1: t4950 30.94 BBs
UTG+2: t7287 45.54 BBs
MP1: t3805 23.78 BBs
MP2: t4900 30.62 BBs
CO: t5320 33.25 BBs

Pre Flop: (t240) Hero is SB with A 6
5 folds, CO raises to t400, 1 fold, Hero raises to t1000, 1 fold, CO calls t600

Flop: (t2160) 5 J A (2 players)
Hero bets t960, CO raises to t1950, Hero calls t990

Turn: (t6060) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets t2370 all in, Hero calls t2370

So I hadnt been using my stack much and figured with the A blocker against a CO open this was a good time for it. I figured he would shove his decent As and fold the rest pre so I take this line. What do we think?

Chuck, I don't like the 3-bet sizing OOP, make it 1200 or don't do it at all (IMO the latter). From there the hand plays itself though ...

don't see the point oop and pre ante...

this

also flop is probably a b/f as gross as that sounds.

you're giving him like 3.5:1 to make the call pre, so I agree you should be 3betting bigger. I do like that hand for 3bet bluffs pre, but again I wait for antes to kick in, and even then prefer a large ante to blind ratio. On a dry board I think b/f flop is fine...but with the flush draw out there he could be raising you on the flop hoping to see a free river. I say bet/call flop and check/fold turn.

are we deep enough to flat pre?

fold pre without antes ...

as played just get it in on the flop, i think we're ahead often enough but he can definitely have hands like hearts and KQ and stuff that he isn't folding OTF but might take a free card with OTT and give up on river. i would call the flop raise IP but not OOP.

agree w/everyone just shove flop as played