AA early in satellite
 

6th hand in $26 satellite to $214 tourney. 14 players to start, 3 get seats. SB had lost almost 2000 chips 2 hands earlier after raising preflop, raising a bet on a 653 flop and folding to a bet on a 5 turn. No reads otherwise.

It's on Bugsy's Club, so no converter.

Game: No Limit Hold 'em
Level I: 25/50 Blinds (25 Minimum Chip)
Starting Chips: 10,000
Starting Players: 14
Seat 1 : Hero starts with 10,000
Seat 2 : UTG starts with 9,975
Seat 3 : UTG+1 starts with 10,050
Seat 4 : MP starts with 10,025
Seat 5 : CO starts with 11,825
Seat 6 : button starts with 10,000
Seat 7 : SB starts with 8,125
>>>DEALING HOLE CARDS<<<
Hero dealt down Ad As
SB posts the small blind 25
Hero posts the big blind 50
UTG raises 250 to 300
4 folds
SB calls 275
Hero raises 1,100 to 1,400
UTG calls 1,100
SB calls 1,100
(Pot 4200)
>>>DEALING FLOP<<< [ Qs Ac Jd ]
SB checks
Hero ???

Should I bet here? Am I afraid of giving away free cards?

Re: AA early in satellite
 

2.5k, you have to lead your giving way to many Kx and Tx a chance.

Re: AA early in satellite
 

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2.5k, you have to lead your giving way to many Kx and Tx a chance.

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How many Kx or Tx hands are in this hand after the preflop action? Besides KK and TT, AK and maybe KQ (if one of the villans is bad). I would guess most of the range for both villans is pocket pairs, AK, AQ, and anything that caught any part of this flop will bet if I check or bet on the turn if I check here.

Re: AA early in satellite
 

I'd bet about 2/3 of the pot. Let them chase for a hefty price, or even better let them semi-bluff all-in with a hand like KJ. If the straight card comes, you have redraws to a boat or quads, but since you're almost certainly ahead (KT isn't played as often as other broadways) why give anyone a chance to catch up?

Re: AA early in satellite
 

By Kx and Tx I mean KQ,KJ,KT,QT,AT,AK. With the preflop action more than likely these hands would be suited.

Re: AA early in satellite
 

Just trying to play devil's advocate there. I agree you have to bet.

I bet 3,000 and both villains folded. I was disappointed I didn't double up. Judging by their later play, both villains were pretty bad, who knows what they had.

Re: AA early in satellite
 

I bet for value.

Hands like 88 won´t put any more chips in anyway, but we want to give AQ / AJ / JJ the opportunity to stack off here.