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Poker Stars $4.00+$0.40 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t125/t250 Blinds + t30 - 8 players - View hand 1695636
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BTN: t27679 M = 45.01
SB: t6022 M = 9.79
BB: t5828 M = 9.48
Hero (UTG): t19380 M = 31.51
UTG+1: t5494 M = 8.93
MP1: t16246 M = 26.42
MP2: t11957 M = 19.44
CO: t13797 M = 22.43

Pre Flop: (t615) Hero is UTG with A A
Hero raises to t500, 4 folds, BTN raises to t1188, 2 folds, Hero raises to t2120, BTN raises to t3252, Hero calls t1132

Flop: (t7119) T 4 J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets t3061, Hero raises to t8000, BTN folds

Final Pot: t13241
Hero mucks A A
Hero wins t13241

What you guys think about the line I took in this hand? Should I be 6betting preflop to get even more money in or is flatting his 5bet ok?

Cheers in advance.

Info on villain? I'd probably 4 bet bigger and jam over the 5 bet.

Thanks for the response

He was running 20/15 with a 3bet % of 9.1 over 46 hands. If we jam over the 5bet are we getting called by ANYTHING? He seemed like a very competent player who could be very capable of laying down premium hands to a 6bet jam. I flatted the 5bet hoping to get more value.

Info on villain? I'd probably 4 bet bigger and jam over the 5 bet.

+1

He was running 20/15 with a 3bet % of 9.1 over 46 hands. If we jam over the 5bet are we getting called by ANYTHING? He seemed like a very competent player who could be very capable of laying down premium hands to a 6bet jam. I flatted the 5bet hoping to get more value.

If you only have 46 hands the 3-bet % still doesn't mean very much, the 9.1% is probably due to one hand - so if the V. didn't raise that hand this stat would be 0.0%.
As far as the 5 bet goes, this player has given a great indication that he really likes his hand I suggest you keep betting for value. Don't forget that the flop can easily kill the hand - if an A shows and the player has KK or QQ you won't get any more, if a K shows you lose or get nothing more, if 3 to a flush etc.

Once he 5bets, just ship it...
and agree that you can 4bet it a little bigger, but if you tried to induce there, take advantage of it

Thanks for the advice guys. I guess I probably should ship it. The stacks are deep enough that I could even 6bet to try induce a jam from him. The only reason I flatted was because I felt that a 6 bet jam would make it totally obvious that I had Aces, and I didn't want my hand to be obvious. Thought it was a pretty interesting hand though, not often you see this sort of raise battle at these stakes.

Oh and as the hand played, he either had QQ, KK or AK. Most likely holding of course is AK as I don't see many folk folding KK or QQ on that flop, even after what has happened preflop.

i have never seen anyone 5bet fold in a micro stakes tournament.
ship it.
should we ever flat the flop bet? ck jam safe turns?

i actually dont like 4 betting tbh. If he is aggro, by 4 betting after an utg open we define our range as super strong, and we will only get him in probably with AKs, Q's + and we get them a lot otf anyways. But i would think an active button raiser would be polarized and have blocker type hands more then not.

Im saying active tbh bc of his sizing preflop is so small and he is otb. i think an OPR search would help you a lot bc if he is a decent player looking at his results and amount played i think 4 betting loses us value unless we know he is a whale.