poll - tournament hand analysis

[pennohawk 0]

Looking for some input on playing this hand ... $50+4 tournament at Pokerroom, 111 players, we are down to 32 and 15 spots pay. Blinds are 150/300 and no ante. I am sitting one from the button with ATo everyone folds to me, I raise to 1000 looking to steal the blinds.Button folds, BOTH the SB and BB call, pot = 3000, my stack=3600, SB=3100, BB= 3200, no reads I just got moved to this table 2 hands ago.Flop comes 47T rainbow, SB checks, BB bets 500 ....Play is to me, what would you guys do, I will post what happened after some discussion.Thanks in advance for your comments

[allinbluff35 0]

i'd push allin, it's a smaller tourney where it's pointless just to make the money. You're playing for the top 3 spots. i suck at tournaments though

[Kendren 1]

Looking for some input on playing this hand ... $50+4 tournament at Pokerroom, 111 players, we are down to 32 and 15 spots pay. Blinds are 150/300 and no ante. I am sitting one from the button with ATo everyone folds to me, I raise to 1000 looking to steal the blinds.Button folds, BOTH the SB and BB call, pot = 3000, my stack=3600, SB=3100, BB= 3200, no reads I just got moved to this table 2 hands ago.Flop comes 47T rainbow, SB checks, BB bets 500 ....Play is to me, what would you guys do, I will post what happened after some discussion.Thanks in advance for your comments

Couple questions for ya, others might think silly but actually to me mean something.Is this a daily tourney, or the LKG? With you posting, it sounds like you ran into something weak lead, like 77. If it were the LKG, all-in. One of the daily 50+4s, raise to 1500 and go accordingly, I think.

[pennohawk 0]

It was the European Daily.

[JimmyWellington 1]

Looking for some input on playing this hand ... $50+4 tournament at Pokerroom, 111 players, we are down to 32 and 15 spots pay. Blinds are 150/300 and no ante. I am sitting one from the button with ATo everyone folds to me, I raise to 1000 looking to steal the blinds.Button folds, BOTH the SB and BB call, pot = 3000, my stack=3600, SB=3100, BB= 3200, no reads I just got moved to this table 2 hands ago.Flop comes 47T rainbow, SB checks, BB bets 500 ....Play is to me, what would you guys do, I will post what happened after some discussion.Thanks in advance for your comments

I think you can probably rule out JJ-AA here, cause I would think that they would have pushed preflop after you raised. At this point, calling your raise is a substantial part of their stack.TT is really unlikely due to the T on the flop and the T in your hand. The only hand that I would be worried about here is 77. I think that you push here. BB is making a weak lead at the pot, which if I had a read on the player might make me think 77. But, you said you don't have a read. I would think that more likely he is trying to steal the pot with a hand like 66, 88,99, or maybe a big A (AK, AQ). I would bet that one has a small PP and one has AK or AQ. I think you're ahead way more of the times than your behind here, and you MIGHT get JJ or QQ to fold here. Probably not, but MAYBE.

[TheIceman05 0]

What? How on Earth could JJ or QQ ever justify folding here? Never.Ice

[gobears 0]

I would raise all-in as I think that you're ahead. I wouldn't call only because I don't want to give him a free card. I would hate to see a J, Q, or K show up on the turn.He only called you bet, so he probably doesn't have a great hand. The min-raise allows him to fold cheaply if you raise hard.If he flopped a set, then that's just bad luck and his min raise is basically a trap. But if it was me, I'd push.

[GT123 0]

i voted all in, if he has a monster hand he would more likely go for a checkraise, looks like a feeler bet to see if his hand is good.

[Kendren 1]

It was the European Daily.

Tends to be a better class of player in these tournies, I dunno. Curious to know what happened, I think raise to 1500 and act accordingly.

[pennohawk 0]

Alright, it looks like most people agree with the play I made ... it turns out the weak bet was not the one to worry about, I pushed allin, SB called, BB folds, SB turns over QQ ... bit of a ballsy play to smooth call with QQ after my raise, if an A or a K came on the flop he would have been a little less confident in calling my allin. Turn and river were blanks, I was blinded out of the tourney.Thanks for the responses, I appreciate them.