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Recently i played a $550 buyin live tournament with an incredibly weak field of 61 players. It was comprised of wall street douches and real estate hot shots. I got into the game by meeting the vice president of the real estate company at the prestigious country club/ golf club i work at . I had dealt cards for their cash games at the club but was never able to play cause i was working. This really sucked because they were horrendous, just rich guys having fun, obvi nothing wrong with that but i was just praying to get involved. I had talked with this VP afterwards about poker and he was impressed by some points i made regarding the game and the blatant tells of his friends. He invited me to a tourny he was going to host and even though the buyin is out of my bankroll i could not pass on the opportunity.
So i get to this guys mansion and get the specs on the tourny 10k in chips blinds 25/50 20 min levels top 7 to cash, top 3 was 11k, 7k, 5k def my goal. Within first levels guys are bouncing quickly not understanding how many chips they have relative to blinds. Fast forward to 17 people left blinds at 1k/2k and i have about 55k. To my right are both chip leaders both over 80k and a guy that looks to have around same as me. One of the guys over 80 k was a player other CL was drunk and outdrawing big time. No one was stealing blinds and i managed to build my stack this way as well as doubling up with a set. The other table had barely any chips in play and i knew i had a shot to take it down.
Now the madness. 2nd position guy goes all in for about 20k, followed by drunk CL as he announces proudly im all in too (+80k), now the guy with about as many chips as me goes into the tank after about a min he says all in, to which the other big stack (good player) insta all ins. Every one is standing up laughing wondering what the hell is going on as everyone at the place gathers around the table. Im in the small blind and look down at A A and stop myself to think about the situation. i put the first guy on 99 or 1010 he had been getting beat on and i ruled out a big pair based on how fast he moved in as well as the fact that he didnt elect to raise or limp. The drunk guys hand range was very vast to me but for him to nonchalantly say all in i thought he had to have AK but i wouldnt be surprised to see AQ. Now the guy with as many chips as me i felt had a legitimate decision that at best involved JJ i didnt see him taking this long with QQ as he wasnt a great player. And there was no doubt in my mind that the only solid player had KK or the other 2 Aces.
Im thinking to myself is it possible to fold this? im the best player at the table i have almost 30bb's and 3/4 people that are all in in the hand could potentially knock me out! After about 2 min i fold convincing myself i can find a better spot than the situation offered. the cards are flipped over and my reads are pretty close. player 1 = 88, drunk maniac AK, player 3= 1010 (yuck), and the good player KK. the board finishes 10 J 5 6 2 and player 3 triples up i feel good about myself but should I? I end up making a good run at FT falling short in 4th for $3600 when my top 2 all in on flop is rivered by a flush. But i couldnt stop thinking about that hand and got mixed opinions from my friends.
Now i have no idea the math of this maybe someone can tell me assuming my reads are correct. Im just wondering everyones insight and if my logic makes any sense or if im just retarded and i should put them in 100% of time with AA
appreciate opinions Grave Danger