PS $16: TT in Blinds early

[sofere]

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t1380)
UTG+1 (t1440)
MP1 (t1250)
MP2 (t1450)
CO (t3400)
Button (t1480)
Hero (t1510)
BB (t1590)

Preflop: Hero is in SB with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, UTG+1 calls t20, MP1 calls t20, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, <font color="gray">Button folds</font>, Hero calls t10, BB checks

Flop: (t80) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
<font color="red">Hero bets t80</font>, <font color="red">BB raises to t160</font>, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, Hero ???

Would a check-raise be better flop strategy? I think it would give a better idea on where I stand.

[mightyrick]

I think I'd raise with this in the SB to get rid of the limpers. Lots of FE here, I think.

[Lord_Strife]

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I think I'd raise with this in the SB to get rid of the limpers. Lots of FE here, I think.

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While this strategy is perfered later in the SNG, I like the way you played this and I usually do with any pocket pair JJ or less and any AK, AQ type hands I'm playing in the first level. However, this early on in the SNG, you just gotta put a three bet in and expect to be ahead. Villians range is way too large here and could even just be a naked OE straight draw looking for a free river

[MaltbyStu]

PF is fine.
Salt-N-Pepa the donk min raise. If he has a set it's tough.

Stu

[sofere]

Not only could he have a set, he could easily have a made straight or 2 pair. If I reraised it would be about 1/3 of my stack with a vulnerable hand, so I'd probably have to just push. I don't think my hand is strong enough to warrant risking all my chips this early with a marginal hand given that BB has shown strength. Thinking about it, a checkraise on the flop I think is the cheapest way to see where I stand in the hand and if called, I'll have to give it up.

[MaltbyStu]

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Not only could he have a set, he could easily have a made straight or 2 pair. If I reraised it would be about 1/3 of my stack with a vulnerable hand, so I'd probably have to just push. I don't think my hand is strong enough to warrant risking all my chips this early with a marginal hand given that BB has shown strength. Thinking about it, a checkraise on the flop I think is the cheapest way to see where I stand in the hand and if called, I'll have to give it up.

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He could have all of the above, there could also be monsters under your bed.
You have an overpair in a $16, push.

Stu

[FeNeF]

Getting it in after playing like that preflop is a major leak.. easy call here, and you are not going broke unimproved. If you had raised preflop it would be a different story, but here you are playing largely for set value.

[citanul]

ALL IN PREFLOP YO!