Hi all
I am mostly a cash game player, however, this week I won myself a place in a small 5 euro buy-in tournament. I would like to know what you would have done in the following scenario? Please keep in mind that there were 117 paid places and around 160 players left when it happened and my position was around 100 at the time. BB had a VPIP of 60 and PFR of 3.
Pacific Poker - 8000/16000 Ante 2000 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
SB: 21.66 BB
BB: 69.7 BB
UTG: 38.19 BB
UTG+1: 19.38 BB
Hero (MP): 22.13 BB
MP+1: 3.1 BB
MP+2: 26.42 BB
CO: 5.55 BB
BTN: 20.17 BB
9 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB,
BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 2.62 BB) Hero has A
Q
fold,
fold,
Hero raises to 2.5 BB,
fold,
fold,
fold,
fold,
fold,
BB calls 1.5 BB
Flop: (6.62 BB, 2 players) 5
4
5
BB checks,
Hero checks
Turn: (6.62 BB, 2 players) A
BB checks,
Hero bets 2.75 BB,
BB calls 2.75 BB
River: (12.12 BB, 2 players) 8
BB bets 12.12 BB,
Hero calls 12.12 BB
I did call river bet off. My notes on villain previously from cash game sessions was that villain often could do big bets as bluff with bad bluffing hands. However, I was unaware if he would do the same in a tournament scenario where he was in a good position to go deep in the tournament. I do understand that villain has more fives and flushes in his range even though I block the ace of hearts. Considering that we are on the bubble, would you say calling is a bad play? If yes, would a call still be a bad call if it were in the earlier stages of a tournament?
All answers are appreciated.