MTT Donkament - Marginal Aces (AcA8c9c) EP - 12M

[franknagaijr]

Any tourney players have a policy on what aces are worth stealing with from early position, with a non-desperate stack? Are weak aces even worth a limp from EP, if you know that any PR after you will be at least 48% HU?

When I first looked at this hand, I considered mucking it as 'marginal aces.' In order to steal, it needed to get through five players (3 with bigger stacks than mine), and after playing with propoker tools, I see that it's rarely better than 52% over anything else HU. It's low is super-weak, and it's blocking its own flush. Also, I had been on a heater for the last 10 hands, going from <2M up to 12M through a series of nice hands and steals, so I had reason to believe that the steal would be contested.

Instead, I said to myself 'Aces is Aces, and BB calls with anything, so maybe I can double up'. In the end, my read of the BB was correct, and he pushed me all-in on a weak low draw and inside straight draw only, so it was only bad because he hit. That still doesn't seem to justify the play, however.

Hero Chips: T3703
MP3: T2442
CO: T5334
Button: T1886
SB: T7288
BB: T5534
SB/BB: 150/300 (Hero =12BB or 8M)
Villain has hero covered.

PokerStars (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of 150.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to 900 (3bb)</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, BB calls.

(Pot = 2150)
Flop: T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets 1200 (1/2 pot)</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to 4634 and is all in</font>, Hero calls 1603 (All-In).

Turn: 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot:

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
BB has 6c Kh 5c As (Low: 7, 5, 4, 2, A | High: straight, eight high).
Hero has 9c Ah Ac 8c (Low: 8, 7, 4, 2, A | High: one pair, aces).
Outcome: BB wins . </font>

[zizazziza]

r there any large stacks @ ur table behind you? Please provide other stack sizes. I'm potting this hand pf every time. get it ai on flop. its good enough.limping = bad

[franknagaijr]

Hero Chips: T3703
MP3: T2442
CO: T5334
Button: T1886
SB: T7288
BB: T5534
SB/BB: 150/300 (Hero =12BB or 8M)

As you can see, 3 have me covered, but I would be putting a serious dent in any of their stacks if they got into it.