I’ve had some deep runs lately in the Saturday $300 6-max, so I was looking forward to this event. Unfortunately, it didn’t really go my way. I lost a big pot (though not my stack) with AJ vs. AQ on a AJ7Q9 board in a 3-bet pot. My bust-out hand requires a little explaining. The guy who open limps had been doing that a fair bit, I think he was playing like 32/15. I’d just shoved over his limp the hand before.
The guy who shoves had been pretty shove-happy in general. I think he’d even open shoved like 30-some BB’s once. I recognized his name, so I don’t think he was a maniac, just a tourney donk who understood unexploitable shoving and was more comfortable playing that way.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Button (t3372)
Hero (SB) (t4393)
BB (t13870)
UTG (t10287)
MP (t11968)
CO (t11704)
Hero’s M: 14.64
Preflop: Hero is SB with K
, Q
2 folds, CO calls t200, Button bets t3372 (All-In), Hero raises to t4393 (All-In), 1 fold, CO calls t4193
Flop: (t12358) 5, Q
, A (3 players, 2 all-in)
Turn: (t12358) 2
(3 players, 2 all-in)
River: (t12358) 8 (3 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: t12358
Results:
Button had 2, 2 (three of a kind, twos).
Hero had K, Q (one pair, Queens).
CO had A, J (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Button won t10316, CO won t2042
This isn’t a bad outcome for me, as I have 33.2% equity in a 3-way pot. I imagine there are some worse Kings and probably suited connectors at least in the shover’s range, and quite possibly it’s wider than that. Since the limper was apparently trapping here, he probably has stronger stuff in his range too, though he’s also going to be folding a lot. I’m a little surprised he called with AJ, though I don’t actually think it’s a bad call given the situation.