I was playing the 11+rebuys NL HE tourney last night at PS. There's about 130 players left, 63 get paid. I have 35,000 in chips, which is shortstacked. (i think avg was 45-50 at this point). BB was 3000 i think.
I get AKo 3 off the button. Early-middle postion raises to 15000 (his stack is slightly larger than mine). I just call. We're heads up, flop comes 44Q rainbow. He bets 15,000 and I fold.
Still learning proper play at this stage of a tournament. And really still learning proper NL play. How would you have played this hand?
I think the important question is what did you put him on pre-flop...and what did you put him on after the flop bet.
If you thought you were beat on the flop, then the fold is probably the best move...not sure if you will push him off with a raise as he has almost all of his stack invested in the pot...the only way he folds is if he has nothing, and no draw, and doesn't want to get knocked out right there.
The only two viable options I see as other ways to play this hand are to push all-in preflop and put him to a decision, or to muck preflop....which is hard to do there. If you are going to call the raise and want to call the hand down no matter what hits...I think you are better off just pushing pre-flop anyway.
I would have reraised him all-in pre-flop to try to put the heat on him. If you didn't put him on AA or KK your chance of winning is not too bad.
