How Would You Play This?

[iowahawk09 0]

Ok, sorry I dont have the hand history. But I'm playing in a $5 buy in MTT on Full Tilt.Fairly Tight Table Image, Most showdowns I've had the nuts.35 left, top 18 get paid, but money is not really worth it unless you make the final table.I'm in Early Position with 10 10, blinds are 200-400, 50 ante. I raise to 1,800 and everyone folds cept big blind who calls.Flop comes A 5 2.He bets out $1,000 and sensing he isnt that strong this close to the money I reraise him $5000 more to put him all in (leaving me with about 2500 in chips).He insta calls me and turns over A 6....yes thats right, a 6 kicker.Turn and River come blank. The guy didnt seem to make too many donk plays so I didnt figure him for a calling station, but really felt like any good player first off never calls a raise with A 6, and secondly doesnt put it in with a 6 kicker.Like I said, when I play the $5 tourneys, its usually go big or go home early.Is it reasonable to think that I can get him to fold and he should have folded this hand? He wasn't shortstacked, and I gave him no reason to think I would donk off my chips with a bad hand.Afterwards he said he "had a feeling"I just said 6 kicker and left....Is my thinking wrong here? How would you played it differently...sorry i dont have the hand history

[Butcho22 0]

So you're mad because he knew you were full of it?Okay, seriously.....it is a very tough call for him to make. It's hard for me to believe he "insta-calls" though. Perhaps you left out that little tidbit to change our perception?

[No_Neck 0]

people love playing Aces, you should know that if you want to do anything in tournaments.And bad beat is down the street

[iowahawk09 0]

Im not joking. The guy INSTA CALLED ME. Not more than 1 second went by. I just don't see how he can call that. Yeah it was probably a dumb move especially in a $5 tourney considering how people will play just about anything.But you think you weed most of the donks out in the first hour or so. The guy didn't seem to be a calling station, and I cant think of anything that would have made him think I was bluffing (i.e. previous hands, etc.)So just wondering if anything in my play made him think he was justified or if I made a wrong move

[Rhegium 0]

Gotta learn that especially at those levels any ace makes people feel invincable. Classic example, playing in a tourney, 100 people 100 dollar buy in live. Playing tight but agressive and only showndown winning hands. Guy raises me 250 on a 50 blind and I go over top for 1000 with suited ace king. He calls so I figure good overs or a top pair. Flop comes ace, 9, 3 rainbow. He checks and I bet 500 out of 1500 left and he goes all in for the rest. I figure I ran into a set but not sure so I call because maybe he is a nut with a low ace. I was right, ace-3. Unreal to bet 40% of your chip stack on ace-3 unsuited.

[Alpha1494 0]

Yeah the guy had A-6, but there could be a lot of reasons why. He may have just been moved to your table and not known your tight agressive image.People also like to defend their blinds as well. An ace may be a good spot to defend that blind. His 1000 bet does show a little weakness, but a lot of players will lead out with that "feeler" bet to find out where they are at. Also, it is a 5 dollar tournament, so he may have been picking a spot to just gamble and accumulate chips to try and push at the final table.In spots like these, I always like to try and examine my play as well and see if I could have done anything different. Is it possible that instead of moving him all in on the flop that you could have bumped him up to 2300 or so. By doing this, you may represent that you want him to call or move in, and show you have a strong hand. If he moves in, it would be another 2700 or so to call with more than 11100 in the pot, but it makes it pretty clear you are beat. You are only about 8% to win with 2 cards to come, so you could justify saving the extra 2700.You could have also raised it up to like 1300 or 1400 before the flop as well. There was a 50 ante, then that puts almost another 400-500 in the pot so 1800 would be appropriate, but sometimes at tables like these you can get away with a 3-4x BB raise preflop. Being in early position may look it like you have an even stronger hand than 1010 as well. Just some thoughts, no real criticism. Just thought some might benefit from seeing another perception. And BTW, I do like the aggressive nature of the play you made, it just didn't work out as planned.

[timwakefield 68]

If you post this in the tournament forum down the street, you will get much better responses.edit: not to say that the responses above me are bad....I didn't read them. But tournament specialists don't reply here.

[Butcho22 0]

You don't need a "tournament specialist" to figure this out.Donk has AceDonk hits ace on flopDonk likes his TPDonk wins with best handMaybe YOU are the real donk?

[ozbluff 0]

Gotta learn that especially at those levels any ace makes people feel invincable.

This is all you need to know. You were playing in a $5 buyin tournament - don't try to unravel your opponents thought processes or you'll get an aneurysm. There is no reason, he just had a pair of aces and KNEW it was best.When that ace hit, I would have been concerned. Pocket tens don't want a lot of action. You both played it kinda crazy.

[Bubba83 0]

Your raise is a bit large preflop, your tight image doesn't mean anything, and you should have folded when he bet out 1,000 on the flop.Just giving it to you straight, I play in these $5 MTTs on Full Tilt all the time.Note that I understand your large preflop raise is to discourage action, but I've found that people are going to play certain hands for pretty much any amount preflop. The most you want with 10s is 1 caller, which you were lucky enough to attain this hand, but an ace flopped. I usually keep my raises a little lower so I don't feel like I need to make the move you made postflop because a lot of my chips are in there from preflop. If you have a decent chip stack I like a smaller raise and seeing a flop before you commit more of your chips to this hand.Also, it's easy to get mad when you go bust or get crippled because your opponents play was bad in these things, but really, you can only blame yourself when you make a move that you assume they should understand, when they really aren't paying attention to your image or what hand you might have, all they think about is what they have. It takes a lot of hard work to get inside the heads of players at this level that are playing at such a low level, but if you can do it, it can be really profitable if you can make the adjustments to exploit them in your game.