PS MTT Hand for PS WSOP Package

[HesseJam]

PokerStars Tournament #22202609, No Limit Hold'em
Freeroll Super Satellite
282 players
$11000.00 added to the prize pool by PokerStars.com
Target Tournament #21017204 Buy-In: $10,000.00
Tournament started - 2006/04/06 - 16:00:00 (ET)

1st place wins $11000 package from Stars. 2nd place will get a nice handhistory as proof that he came real close partaking at the WSOP.

About 50 player left, blinds about 200/400, I have about T 11000 at the button and have AQs. I raise the limp from some EP to T2000 and SB comes over the top all-in and has me covered by a very small margin, BB folds, EP folds.

SB seems to be very solid but not passive (has reraised my steal raise an orbit before).

I start to think, contemplate, doubt ... and fold.

How bad is this? In hindsight I think it was a ridiculous fold. Right?

I made it to 23rd where I busted to a river 3 outer.

[tubasteve]

A read would help but I think you have to call. AQs is pretty strong against his probably button-reraise range.

[Beachman42]

Meh, since you are only playing for one spot and there are 50 left, I probably call here. This feels like a re-steal. If not, the hands I'm most concerned with are AA-KK & esp. AK. I believe AA-QQ flat calls, but AK might push to see all 5. Since you cannot accurately put villian on a single hand pf & you must winn 100% of the chips to get the package, I gamble here.

[HesseJam]

Yeah that's the way I see it also. I usually play SnGs and forget in those events that I need to win all of the chips eventually to get anything.

I played quite a lot of these freerolls by now and I am blessed that I never came real close. This must be heart wrenching. I guess I am no MTT material.

[JupiterUWG]

call quickly with the format the way it is in the this tourney (i.e. one seat)

[Beachman42]

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Yeah that's the way I see it also. I usually play SnGs and forget in those events that I need to win all of the chips eventually to get anything.

I played quite a lot of these freerolls by now and I am blessed that I never came real close. This must be heart wrenching. I guess I am no MTT material.

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I dunno - You made it fairly deep here. Freerolls don't play like a $ buy-in MTT. Try a handfull of <$25 buy-in events and see how you do, esp. by posting hands like this one that cause you to think. Many, many successful MTTers came from the STT world. I wouldn't give up so quickly!

[HesseJam]

I think I play above average with lots of room for improvement. But I meant more handling the psychological stuff. I keep thinking about the MTTs more than about SnGs where I just fire up a new one after a bad beat. Investing 3-4 hours and then still falling short just plain sucks.