Full Tilt Poker $40,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t500/t1000 Blinds + t125 - 7 players
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Hero (BB): t55034
carbonmonoxide (UTG): t15370
Steve Brecher (UTG+1): t23503
dangerousfish (MP): t61878
Bolikk (CO): t19824
MaryGeorge82 (BTN): t10266
Sealey (SB): t22153

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with T Q
1 fold, Steve Brecher raises to t3000, 4 folds, Hero raises to t23377

Good or bad?

He had just gotten moved to the table a few hands ago, and I don't think I'd raised a hand in that span.

I have a FTOPS Jersey if that changes anything.

37 left, 36 pay.

Does him being a pro change anything, and, if so, how should that affect my action here?

I already have like 5 t-shirts so no need for any more.

I have a FTOPS Jersey if that changes anything.

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seems standard with bubble+ if he calls u got extra equity cause of the bounty!

looks okay to me

I've played with him once in my life, he was a super rock, which can work both ways here tightening his opening and shove calling ranges, but I'd fold here.

Looks good to me. I'd probably fold here (I'm a bit of a nit) but a raise here can be effective too.

actually i think this is a really easy shove for the reasons i stated.

On the bubble with a substantial stack the bounty is of little concern IMO -- your equity with 55 BBs here is many, many multiples of the bounty, whereas in the first level or two the bounty is 50% of your equity in the tournament if you have 100% ROI.

I think it's probably good. I've played with him live a bit he's definitely not a rock, but raising from earlyish position on the big CL's blind prob tightens his range a bit. I still think it's ok.

you abuse bubbles and increase chips by doing this stuff. every so often the other guy has jj+ or AK, but most of the time he just lays down his hand and you profit.

edit: unless you're nath. then it's 'every so often the other guy lays down his hand and you profit, but most of the time he has jj+ or ak'