Bounty Hunting
Live $125 tournament, including a $25 bounty. 25K starting stacks, I have 75K, 24 of 58 player remain. Blinds are 3K/6K. I am in the hijack with QJ. Small blind only has 15K total. BB has me covered. SB had just folded to a raise when in BB. Folds to me and I limp, not wanting to scare off the bounty in the small blind. Cutoff and Button fold. SB goes all-in and BB calls (BB had gone all-in in prior hands to isololate with above average holdings). I call?
Flop: QQ2 rainbow. BB checks. I check?
Turn: 5 still rainbow. My response?
1 Reply
I basically never limp first in. But with 12 and a half blinds it is dicey. If I wasn't jamming I would min raise.
As played great flop. The thing is you are probably going to win the bounty. If they have AQ/KQ so be it. The issue is would you rather let the big stack catch up like if they have AX kind of hands or would you rather bet the turn in case they have a PP and you can reduce their chance of hitting their 5% shot on the river?
The thing about waiting until the river is it will make it look like the river card gives you a pair. And if that card is bigger than what the big stack has they would likely fold their PP. But if you bet on the turn you could in theory have any PP and big stack might continue.
The other thing is if Big Stack has A4/A3 type hands they might call on the turn but would fold if they miss on the river. If they have A5/A2 they might call only a river bet (rather than a turn and river bet).
So I would bet on the turn (assuming Big Stack has checked in BB). And I am calling any jams even c/r jams.
