PP $22 Regular: early in the tournee, AKo on a scary flop

alex-star · #1 05-17-2006, 12:49 PM

Very early in the tournament, the table is uber loose.
5-6 people take each flop with blinds being raised 4-5 times. The flop came coordinated, and that frankly scared me a bit. Suggestions on playing this hand different?

PartyPoker Regular Tournament, Big Blind is t40 (9 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t1349)
UTG+1 (t2460)
MP1 (t1463)
MP2 (t2263)
Hero (t1940)
CO (t1247)
Button (t5358)
SB (t1800)
BB (t2120)

Preflop: Hero is in MP3 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG calls t40, UTG+1 raises to t80, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Hero calls t80, CO folds, Button calls t80, SB calls t60, BB folds, UTG calls t40

Flop: (t380) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, UTG bets t40, UTG+1 calls t40, Hero calls t40, Button folds, SB folds

Turn: (t500) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets t450, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t450

River: (t1400) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero ???

HCR · #2 05-17-2006, 12:58 PM

I fold on the flop man what hands are you beating here?

alex-star · #3 05-17-2006, 01:11 PM

Not many hands as of the flop, however, I am being offered pot odds of 1:10 on a gutshot to the nut str8 + 3 card flush draw + maybe one of the overcards is still live. I'd think that it's enough to call a min bet. Thoughts?

Mark1978 · #4 05-17-2006, 01:15 PM

I raise preflop to narrow the field.
Postflop I like calling the min bet with straight, flush and overcard possibilities.
I definitely don't try to bluff this on the turn though.

DaN_05 · #5 05-17-2006, 01:22 PM

I don't mind the flop call - turn should just check behind though. Betting is spewage. I only put another chip in this pot if I improve after the flop.

PF, I may raise it to like t240. May just call though.