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dude ....think i overplayed this?? WTF THIS IS THE STORY OF MY MTT LIFE
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed)
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UTG+1 (t20437)
MP1 (t7176)
MP2 (t12135)
MP3 (t4580)
CO (t19384)
Hero (t5000)
SB (t14085)
BB (t7280)
UTG (t11083)
Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
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1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t150, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t300</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t600</font>, CO calls t600, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t5000</font>, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls t3980 (All-In), CO calls t4400.
Flop: (t15255) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Turn: (t15255) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
River: (t15255) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: t15255
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
MP3 has Kh Kd (flush, king high).
CO has 4c 4h (two pair, queens and fours).
Hero has As Ah (two pair, aces and queens).
Outcome: MP3 wins t14415. Hero wins t840. </font>
[/ QUOTE ]Obviously. They had 4 outs to beat you. You only had 2. 2:1 you get knocked out there.
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This is correct. Of course, he was getting 2:1 on his money, so preflop this was an EV neutral situation. And since you want to get your money in when you have the best of it, not when the pot odds are dead even, that makes this a fold.