Posted by BeMyATMplz: Just limp behind preflop,or if anything raise bigger than 4x. By 4x'ing after 2 limpers all you do is increasing the pot by risking more chips,because they will almost certainly both call,with the level of play of the opposition in these tourneys you will get enough value from a small pot (preflop) pot as well,so there is no need to make it bigger like this About the flop play everything's been said by now,easy call
Completly agree with you, I prefer limping this kind of hand when there's limpers in front of me in a MTT since a standard 4-5x (with 2 limpers) bet is unlikely to make them fold pre flop. It's kind of like set mining with a small pair in that situation, easy to limp and hope to hit something solid
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I like the raise to 4x. Too much more and only hands, which are a lot better are calling, but this raise is strong enough to get only decent hands calling. Let's not forget the big blind folded preflop and it would have been too dangerous imo to let the blinds in on the action as they could have anything. Also it's good to have a pot worth winning. If the pot is too small and you bet out it looks stronger and you don't get as many donks chasing cards. And finally when you hit a straight your hand is masked better, you can represent top pair top kicker. Besides those limpers need punishing.
I wouldn't like to call the shove, I would worry about a made straight or higher flush draw, which eliminates your outs. But you have to call seeing as you will definitely have outs and have good equity more than often than not. His hand was one of the best you could hope for in an opponent and clearly he is an idiot who doesn't understand that a drawing hand can be statistically in front. He probably uses the same logic to justify calling with pocket 2s.
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That call seems more than fine to me. Bit of a gamble but worth it for the huge pot, play to win. The biggest dummy here is Aitachi, but you were more than good I'd say. Definitely would've done the same. And lol at Analyzer's calculations, not much of an analyzer after all. lol.
