Folding Pocket Aces After Hitting Trips.... Ok, here's the scenario... It's a multi-table tourney, just over 4,000 entrants... I get an early lead after calling a few of the all-in idiots first hand with pocket aces. I stay tourney chip leader throughout the whole tourney.
I would of played the my forst ever perfect game if not for this hand..
What would you do?
23 players left i am tournement chip leader with 1,9 million chips plus change. The next biggest stack on my table is 750k.
The blinds are 10,000/20,000 with antes of 1,000
Ok so i'm first position, dealt pocket aces Spades and hearts.
I don't want to scare everyone off the pot so as i've benn playing real tight due to me being dealt premium hands at an over exciting rate... I raise 3x the big bling to 60,000... To my delight i get 4 callers, including the guy with 750k, flop comes down Ac,4c,9c... I raise it up to 80,000 to go... It folds round to 750k guy and he raises allin.... He's being player rather tight also and i can see he is a half decent player so after deliberating for as long as time would allow i throw my hand to the muck fearing the flush, he shows me pocket 9s......... No club!
The reason for folding is that if i called and he had hit the flush i would of undone all my hard work to have a dominating chip stack, and i would of also have him with a huge stack..... Thoughts please...?
Oh by the way i won and netted a massive $45 lol.... It was only a freeroll.... But still i enjoy the variance of players that sit in to play a freeroll tourney.
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