$33 NLHE MTT Bounty: Deep run, difficult decision on river

[Rajten]

pokerstars, $30 + $3 - Hold'em No Limit - 400/800 (120 ante) - 8 players
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UTG: 14,598 (18 bb)
UTG+1: 63,072 (79 bb)
MP: 50,661 (63 bb)
MP+1 (Hero): 85,921 (107 bb)
CO: 37,367 (47 bb)
BU: 27,411 (34 bb)
SB: 7,712 (10 bb)
BB: 37,069 (46 bb)

Pre-Flop: (2,160) Hero is MP+1 with 7♥ A♥
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to 1,840, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets to 5,600, 4 players fold, UTG+1 calls 3,760

Flop: (13,360) A♠ 8♠ 7♣ (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets 6,240, UTG+1 calls 6,240

Turn: (25,840) 6♣ (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets 20,000, UTG+1 calls 20,000

River: (65,840) 9♣ (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets 53,961 (all-in), UTG+1 calls 31,112 (all-in)

I was 5 in tourney, 200 players remaining, from 1500.

Normally, I don't 3 bet A7s against utg opens, but with ICM coinsideration I like to make pressure, espiecially in bounty tournaments.

Flop, I think is standard, on turn I was thinking about jamming, but I decided to 80% bet, and on river 9c came, I was tanking, considering, check or jam ( he got 30$ usd bounty). 1 card gives straight, I think he hasn't many 5, he got some T, some flushdraws, and worse Pairs and two pairs.

What do you think, do you jam river, being greedy or do you prefer check back?

Villain was 28 19 3b 16, 36 hands

I got turbo aggro and loose image on table.

 

[300HPGOD]

Pre flop: I am folding this. I read on why you 3 bet here but I still dont agree as this is one of the larger stacks at the table besides you so unless you think you can get them fold since they dont want to mess with the big stack then I dont like it. It will take some large bets to get to put bust out pressure on this player since they start with 79 BBs deep and even when an ace comes we cant be that confident in our hand unless you get the flop that you got with two pair.

Flop: Clear bet here and I think your sizing is fine and what I probably would have done in game but you probably can bigger. Pocket pairs are not calling any sizing really unless it is 77 or 88 and you can target Ax and also two spade hands. A better sizing would be probably more like 60% or so but again you made the same bet sizing I know I would make in game so not saying it is a mistake by any means.

Turn: I do like betting bigger than half here for the same reasons as I put above but I would not go this big. I know the board is double suited and 3 to a straight so its wet and there are hands we beat that we can still get value from its just I wouldnt go this big. Again, more like 60% or so of pot. Do, though, like that you went larger than half pot.

River: This is where I dont think anything that you beat is calling you unless villain maybe has AK. I think even AQ from the villain would be folding with to a straight, the backdoor flush, and facing a triple barrel. Too many things out there now that could potentially beat us like A10 or somehow backed into clubs so this is why we bet large on the turn and got value where it made sense to. I check back this river almost instantly when it would come to me. Just not enough that would call, I would think anyway, that we are beating and too many hands that got there by accident on the river. Check behind and take the value you got in the hand and save chips if you are behind here. I understand the bounty element of it but we need to protect our stack as well.

 

[IADaveMark]

Pre: I would have just flat called the raise and see what flopped. I like playing it when you are this deep. It checks off 2 of the 3 markers of "showdown value" (with the A), suited, and connected. That's usually all you need to play the hand when you are 30+bb.

Flop: Good sizing. Wary of the check/call, though.

Turn: Good sizing. Even more wary of the check/call.

River: Because of the wariness above, I agree with 300 above and would have just checked this back. If you win, great. If you lose, you lost less.

 

[fundiver199]

Preflop
I think, all 3 decisions are somewhat close here, but I dont agree with your reasoning for going to war with this particular opponent. Yes the second largest stack should avoid the chip leader, but the chip leader should also try to stay away from a huge confrontation with the only player, that can put a serious dent in their stack. The players, you can really attack on this table, are CO, BTN and BB with their 34-47BB stacks. But anyways the 3-bet is not an outright mistake, so lets just move on to postflop.

Flop and turn
Very good flop obvious, and betting for value is of course standard. Maybe the turn bet is a bit large, but its kind of nickpicking.

River
I would check back. To much stuff got there on this card including AT, A9, A5s, T9s, 99, AX of clubs, and I dont think, you always get a hero call from hands like AJ-AK, which is pretty much the only hands, that could potentially still call, that you beat.