A7 on bubble, no clue

[fulksy]

i have no clue how to play this which lead me to believe that maybe folding pre was best, but that seemed to nitty during the game, then i thought maybe shove but i don't think the blinds were high enough yet and i didn't want to shove into the big stack with the small stack still around, so i standard raise which should of bin 2.5bb i think. but it left me an awkard stacksize on flop.


No Limit Holdem Tournament
$5 + $0.50 Sit & Go
3 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
BTN Hero (2110)
SB ratbags (5725)
BB drewstapes (1165)

Blinds: 80/160

Pre-flop: (240, 3 players) Hero is BTN
Hero raises to 480, ratbags calls 400, drewstapes folds

Flop: (1,120, 2 players)
ratbags checks,

[taipan168]

I make it 400 to go preflop rather than 480, will save you a few chips if you have to give up. I don't think shoving preflop is the best move.

As played, I would bet 600 on the flop and tank if opp shoves over.

[gingerwizard]

400 to go preflop for me. On flop as played bet 600 and call the shove.

[hopeful]

Its close to a preflop shove but 400-480 both seem ok to me. Probably bet only 300 on flop oppo might try a steal , then call/shove to a raise.

[taipan168]

Have either of you noticed that this isn't ITM in a 9-man, this is the bubble of a 6-man?

[cardplayer52]

I really don't think you can go wrong here at all. Folding/Raising/or shoving are all good here. Limping would be horrible here. 3 way any ace looks good. Here w/your stack A7o looks to be the nutz. A raise of 2.5x is good. As the blinds get higher less than 3x is ok. I don't mind a shove here either. I don't fold this hand pre-flop no way(w/no reads). But after the flop top pair is the nutz for sure. He didn't reraise preflop so maybe he doesn't have AK-AT. He looks to me like he's buying here. There's just no way to get off this hand. Not in my eyes. Oh and a bet of 600 post flop is ok too. If your cbets will get called. I don't mind checking here either. With the intention of check/raising or betting the turn. The boards not that scary. And he may just call the turn bet w/JT or QJ . He very well could have called w/ a hand like that KJ,QJ,JT and now think he's good.