Gross Spot With QQ Deep in the FTP $500
We’re just inside of 100 people left in the monthly FTP $500, down from a little over 2000 who started.
UTG is a random who definitely does not play these stakes with any regularity. Googling his name reveals a few $.05/$.10 hands, so I’m sure he’s a satellite qualifier. He’s definitely playing his cards with minimal situational awareness or tournament skill, so while his opening ranges are tighter than those of a good tournament player, he’s a little on the spazzy side.
SB is a mid-stakes MTT grinder. This is definitely on the high end of events he plays, but he’s no stranger to $50-$100 buy-ins. He understands blind stealing, restealing, etc., and probably has roughly the same read on UTG that I have. I’ve been a little aggro, but nothing too out of line. Mostly just opening more than my share of pots, not a lot of 3-betting at all.
After I 3-bet, SB instantly shoved. UTG also could not have called any more quickly than he did. Also there is a lot of value to surviving this late in a soft, big buy-in tournament. The final table is going to involve playing for tens of thousands of dollars with more than a few total droolers.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 1700/3400 Blinds 400 Ante (8 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from PokerSavvyPlus.com
Hero (Button) (t76784)
SB (t156905)
BB (t75732)
UTG (t75947)
UTG+1 (t44140)
MP1 (t99171)
MP2 (t560635)
CO (t125960)
Hero’s M: 9.25
Preflop: Hero is Button with Q
, Q
UTG bets t7466, 4 folds, Hero raises to t19999, SB raises to t156505 (All-In), 1 fold, UTG calls t68081 (All-In), Hero?
Basically if both players are on QQ+, AKo, AKs, it’s a call. If we take the AK out of either one of their ranges, it’s a fold. If we add JJ into either one of their ranges, it’s a call. If it weren’t for the timing, I would have called. The fact that neither of them thought for even a second made me think AK was a lot less likely, so I folded. Shows what I know:
Flop: (t177693) A, 4
, 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)
Turn: (t177693) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)
River: (t177693) J (2 players, 2 all-in) Total pot: t177693
Results:
SB had A
, K (one pair, Aces).
UTG had K, A (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: SB won t88847, UTG won t88846
Well, I would have been a big favorite, but here it saved me money. Which was irrelevant when several hands later I shoved 77 over a min-raise from a guy who was opening 40% of pots and the nittiest player at the table woke up with KK in the SB.