FTOPS #1 - First hand

[zook]

$216 buyin 6-max tourney, my table's 5-handed to start, blinds 10/20, 5k stacks. Very first hand, I have AhKh on the button. UTG raises to 70, I make it 240. Folds from the blinds, UTG shoves relatively quickly. wtf.

[mcatdog]

Getting 250 BB in with AK seems like a disaster. What made you think calling had any merit? I guess if it's some high stakes cash player not taking it seriously and wanting to gamble for a stack then you could think about calling.

[zook]

What made you think calling had any merit?

Just figured that some dumbass who satted in (or a high stakes cash player maybe) might just push first hand for the hell of it. Of course I folded.

He proceeded to make 5 more all-in massive overbets both pre- and post-flop over the next couple hours of the tourney which made me reconsider the first hand.

[Love2Race]

Fold and wait. Its only AK

[drmcboy]

I'd fold.

FWIW since it's more or less on topic

http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/15093

obv we can't rule out AA/KK here so it isn't the same situation but I thought I'd post this before people start talking too much about edges.

[zook]

Good article.

Since my only reason for calling is that this guy could be a horrible donk, but only a horrible donk would shove AA/KK here, I think I have no reason to call.

[drmcboy]

PS I was amazed at the structure, are all the 200s like this? I swear I played one last FTOPS that was just their normal 3k structure, but maybe it was the 100 KO one.

[zook]

PS I was amazed at the structure, are all the 200s like this? I swear I played one last FTOPS that was just their normal 3k structure, but maybe it was the 100 KO one.

I have no idea. There aren't many 216's in the series I don't think. The structure seems better than normal to me too.