$4/180, Early Game, JJ in the BB with Limpers

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Here is a hand where I did not subscribe to the my line of thinking presented above. (Of course it is not JJ) I only called because these guys were calling/raising with most anything and my AQ was suited.
For me, that's still not a good enough reason to call the raise preflop.
As it turns out, I only had a 40% chance of winning the hand. That's only 7% pot equity. So I was investing a heavy amount of stack as an underdog, and based upon what they had, my implied odds were not all that great.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB (t1420)
UTG (t605)
UTG+1 (t3435)
MP1 (t2125)
MP2 (t915)
MP3 (t2360)
CO (t2195)
Button (t4695)
Hero (t1540)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t50, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t200</font>, MP2 calls t200, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls t175, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 folds.

Flop: (t700) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t250</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t950</font>, MP2 calls t715 (All-In), <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1340</font>, MP1 calls t390.

Turn: (t4095) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t4095) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t4095

One guy had a set of 3's. The other guy called with K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] and took the pot with a Flush.

These tournaments are a minefield in the early going.