$27,5 NL HE MTT: AQ

Geo90 · Jun 8, 2026

888Poker, Hold'em No Limit - 100/200 (25 ante) - 8 players
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BKirver (UTG): 31,398 (157 bb)
vincepinch (UTG+1): 7,519 (38 bb)
Gyurika90 (MP): 20,255 (101 bb)
GaGaRa888 (MP+1): 6,300 (32 bb)
M0M0s (CO): 13,115 (66 bb)
LivingYourDr (BU): 29,366 (147 bb)
CraigVinty (SB): 14,950 (75 bb)
henrylaff (BB): 42,097 (210 bb)

Pre-Flop: (500) Hero (Gyurika90) is MP with A♣ Q♦
BKirver (UTG) raises to 400, 1 fold, Gyurika90 (MP) 3-bets to 1,200, 5 players fold, BKirver (UTG) calls 800

Flop: (2,900) 5♥ 3♠ A♦ (2 players)
BKirver (UTG) checks, Gyurika90 (MP) bets 957, BKirver (UTG) calls 957

Turn: (4,814) T♦ (2 players)
BKirver (UTG) checks, Gyurika90 (MP) bets 3,177, BKirver (UTG) raises to 29,216 (all-in), Gyurika90 (MP) calls 14,896 (all-in)

Hi everyone,

The bounties weren't active here,

Pf: Standard raise

F: I get a good flop every time. I'd c-bet here

Turn: He could have a lot of draws, so I made a bigger call, and he get an all-in?

What could he have on the flop?

He could have a lot of two-pairs: A3, A5

He could have a lot of Ax hands with which he could call

Sets: 55, 33

Pairs in his hand: 88-KK with which he could call

Since he goes all-in here, what hands can we beat?

What we beat: A2, A4, A7, A8, A9, AJ

The range that beats us here is much wider: AK, A10, A5, A3, 1010, 55, 33
According to GTO, AT and 1010 will re-raise here!

How would you have played this hand?

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fundiver199 · Jun 9, 2026

Preflop
You can throw in a 3-bet here from time to time, but my main play would be to just call. The reason is, you are against an UTG raise, and you still have most of the table left to act behind you.

Flop
Seems fine to bet this flop for value. You are probably more or less "range betting" here.

Turn
This is, where I disagree with your line. If you are playing against a fish in a freeroll or microstakes game, its fine to go for value again. However this is a mid-stakes MTT, and the opponent has not done anything fishy, nor have you provided any background to suggest, he is a fish. Assuming, he is reasonable, he is not even calling your 3-bet with AQo in this configuration and much less AJo or worse.

So what are you trying to get 3 streets of value from here? Like AJs and A9s exactly? As played, when he check-jam on you, its an easy fold. You are 100BB deep, and you only have top pair not even best kicker. AK is not always a 4-bet in this tight configuration, so he can have that as well as some two pair and sets.

Geo90 · Jun 9, 2026

fundiver199 said:
Preflop
Időről időre bedobhatsz egy 3-betet, de a fő játékmódom az lenne, hogy csak megadom. Ennek az az oka, hogy egy UTG emelés ellen vagy, és még mindig az asztal nagy része mögötted van, hogy cselekedjen.

Flop
Úgy tűnik, rendben van ezt a flop-ot értékért emelni. Valószínűleg többé-kevésbé "tartomány-emelést" alkalmazol.

Fordulat
Itt nem értek egyet a soroddal. Ha egy freerollon vagy microstakes játékban egy fish ellen játszol, akkor nyugodtan tegyél egy próbát az érték ellen. Ez azonban egy közepes tétes MTT, és az ellenfél nem tett semmi gyanúsat, és te sem adtál semmilyen háttérinformációt arra vonatkozóan, hogy ő egy fish. Feltéve, hogy ésszerű, ebben a konfigurációban még csak meg sem adja a 3-betedet AQo-val, és még kevésbé AJo-val vagy rosszabbal.

Szóval mit akarsz ebből kihozni 3 értékes utcával? Pontosan AJ-ket és A9-eket? Ahogy játszol, amikor check-all-ez ellened, az könnyű dobás. 100 BB mélyen vagy, és csak top párod van, még a legjobb kickered sem. Az AK nem mindig 4-bet ebben a feszes konfigurációban, szóval lehet az is, plusz két párja és szettjei is.

Thank you

After analyzing it became clear to me that I had to throw; there weren't many combos left to beat and an A9-J wouldn't have gone with a check-jam, he wouldn't bluff here; he wouldn't risk that many chips

Would you have check on the turn? You're not beting?

fundiver199 · Jun 9, 2026

Geo90 said:
Would you have check on the turn? You're not beting?

Yes I check the turn back 100% of the time, and then I usually either call a river bet or make a bet for thin value. In a 3-bet pot with UTG involved AQ is usually good for 2 streets of value but not 3. On a really bad river card like

, I might even check back the river, if he check again. Especially against a good opponent, who might sometimes check the river with intention to check-raise.

Geo90 · 2026-06-26T02:58:16-0400

fundiver199 said:
Igen, az esetek 100%-ában checkeltem a turnön, majd általában vagy megadom a riveren tett tétet, vagy emelek egy vékony értékért. Egy 3-bet potban UTG-vel az AQ általában 2 érték utcánál jó, de 3-nál nem. Egy nagyon rossz river lapnál, mint például , akár checkeltem is a riveren, ha ő is checkelt. Főleg egy jó ellenfél ellen, aki néha checkelt a riveren azzal a szándékkal, hogy check-raise-t hajt végre.

All right, thanks for your help.

Looking back, it's clear that I should have thrown here; I can't build my opponent's ranking this way during the game.

Semprini · 2026-06-26T17:13:00-0400

First thing that I will say is that I disagree that he has draws on that flop. It's a rainbow and the only low cards for that flop that he might defend oop with are 22 or 44 and even those are guts. On the turn this is so not backdoor diamonds.

He's most likely check-calling with some sort of value, so I think it's okay to check back the turn because we're not worried about giving him a free draw. He has AK, set or 2-pair ahead of you (quite a bit) or whiffed pocket pair or weaker A (less likely unless he's a bum fish). When he check-jams you it's just not a profitable call. You're not good here nearly enough of the time to overcome the atrocious pot odds. Add on top of that it's a tournament and he has you covered.

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