Party $6, Second hand, AKo

[laivu6]

Second hand of the tourney, MP2 doubled up with 33 vs KK (set on flop, full on turn vs flush)

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t40 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP3 (t2000)
CO (t2000)
Button (t1980)
SB (t1960)
BB (t1960)
Hero (t2000)
UTG+1 (t2000)
MP1 (t2000)
MP2 (t4100)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, A.
Hero raises to t160, 2 folds, MP2 calls t160, MP3 calls t160, 4 folds.

Flop: (t540) 2, 7, A (3 players)
Hero bets t300, MP2 raises to t1130, MP3 folds, Hero?

[Staresy]

gamb0000l. I expect to be ahead here more than I am behind.

[taipan168]

I agree, push. I expect to see shit like Ax, flush draw, etc.

The other thing is, don't play $6 tourneys at PP, play somewhere where the rake is 50c rather than $1 (PS, UB, FT, etc).

[laivu6]

i currently have no option to make deposit on any site except Party or Red Star (which is a desert in times i usually play)

[taipan168]

Open an account at Neteller and shift your funds to any other site you like?

[laivu6]

Russia isn't on their list

[taipan168]

Ah right, sorry.

[laivu6]

well, he took all my chips with As2s

[Hartlin]

and you'll take all of his much more often that he takes yours, don't be results oriented He's foolish for calling with A2 SOOTED preflop anyway... you played it fine, don't change a thing

[taipan168]

and you'll take all of his much more often that he takes yours, don't be results oriented He's foolish for calling with A2 SOOTED preflop anyway... you played it fine, don't change a thing

What he said. Be delighted that he's prepared to call your preflop raise with a hand that you're a 70/30 favourite against.

[laivu6]

i understand that he played wrong

but... can his pre-flop call be justified by his big stack? or you should play tight early no matter how big is your stack (well, as an absolute beginner i think the latter is right)?

[taipan168]

i understand that he played wrong

but... can his pre-flop call be justified by his big stack? or you should play tight early no matter how big is your stack (well, as an absolute beginner i think the latter is right)?

As only slightly less than an absolute beginner I agree, having a big stack does not change the +EVness of playing tight as a gnat's ass early.