[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $6.82 Buy-in (125/250 blinds) Pot Limit Omaha Tournament, 5 Players
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MP: 8,456 (33.8 bb)
CO: 12,543 (50.2 bb)
BTN: 7,500 (30 bb)
SB: 5,750 (23 bb)
Hero (BB): 9,694 (38.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A K J 8
MP folds, CO raises to 625, BTN calls 625, SB folds, Hero calls 375

Flop: (2,000) 9 2 A (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN checks

Turn: (2,000) 8 (3 players)
Hero bets 1,250, CO folds, BTN raises to 5,750, Hero raises to 9,069 and is all-in, BTN calls 1,125 and is all-in

River: (15,750) Q (2 players, 2 are all-in)



No reads on villain. Really clueless about PLO MTTs so let me know if i need to provide any further info.

Your bluff catchers are pretty strong but I think generally this is a set of aces, or A/9 that caught a good flop and waited for the turn. I think I'd usually fold to the re-raise here.

There's also a chance he is bluffing though, since you didn't raise or 3bet pre-flop so he's not putting you on A/A obviously. On a dry board with position he could be taking a stab at bluffing you off 2 pair with some clubs for backup protection.

I generally won't risk my tournament life on two pair but I guess everyone plays a bit differently.

I think opponent is going to show up with a hand like Ac8xXc, AcXc straight draw type hands, A9, Bare A8 almost always. I would venture to assume most people in a 6usdMTT are going to always be 3betting AA on the BTN pre here and most players in this would not slowplay A9 OTF because of so many potentially bad turn cards. I would also assume most people aren't really looking to slowplay hands like Top 2 in this spot with less than 30bbs very often. I would also assume villian bets 22/99 OTF to get value from Ax and they would be thinking they can always get 3 streets vs Aces as a standard (which is probably not really true in most cases).

Assumptions ftw

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Shoot I misread the OP. Ignore my first post. I read it as a cbet. Didn't realize it was CO that did the PFR and then BTN that raised turn. I agree that A/A is highly highly unlikely but I also think A/9, a set of 9s or 8s are possible here. I don't agree that people would bet out top 2 or a set on that flop though. I agree that A/9 is less likely to check the flop with the risk of over cards to the 9 but I wouldn't rule it out. I still think OP is likely to be behind here though, and as Joey mentioned, he's probably in further risk to clubs even if they both have A/8. OP can still improve on the river but unless the BTN is on a bluff or has A/8, the OP might only be drawing to an A. Almost dead money.

Without reads/dinamic this is fold here, assuming there are no rebuys.

You are playing for your live tournament, and you have pretty strong hands in your range like 99 or 88.

Assuming is a normal villain his range is killing you here.

I think you're almost always chopping and sometimes have KJ outs vs club redraws. It would be a smart spot to slowplay 99 from the btn but in a $7 MTT I don't think you're seeing that too often.

MTT specific thoughts - the button can't bust you, and there's a significant amount of chips now in the middle that you have to take risks to try and acquire. You don't win tournaments by only making the nuts and doubling up, you need to be taking some chances to get chips and this looks like a good enough spot to do so. If this is at or near the money bubble (or FT bubble) I could see making a tight fold here, but otherwise I'm playing it the same as you did.

I would say you dont play many MTT on this stakes, this is just bad analysis in my opinion.