Bounty tournament decision (30/1000 left)
Bounty tournament decision (30/1000 left)

Bounty tournament decision (30/1000 left)

Hi all,

I keep thinking about this hand I played and was curious of some opinions.

Will try to express the $ amounts in buy ins.

Omaha bounty tournament on GG, aprox. 1000 entries, 120 got paid, down to the last 30. I am 10th in Chips.

Current payout: 2.4 buy ins, next payjump (place 22) 3 buy ins. My current position would pay 5.3 buyins assuming I finish 10th.

Prize pool is evenly distributed between bounties and normal prizes, so there is a lot to be made from bounties.

A very aggresive guy to my right has more chips than the whole table combined, two more that I cover and and one guy sitting out since half an hour down to 1 bb and all in the hand in question.

UTG (20bb) raises to 2.5bb, fold, aggro table chief calls (prob 90bb), I (30bb) am in the SB with ATT9ds in clubs and spades. BB is all in with 1bb.

I elect just to call, as UTG could have a big hand, and probably the aggro guy is also not going anywhere.

Flop (ca. 9.5bb):

J93r (one spade)

I check, UTG bets half pot, aggro guy folds and it is on me again.

UTG has approx. 11bb left, so SPR would be 0.5 if I call.

The interesting part: UTG has a huge bounty on his head - almost 5 buy ins. While BB has almost 1 buy in. So if I win, I get more from this hand than the normal prize for finishing 10th, plus I am on course to go even deeper. If I lose however, I still have 10bb left, but I would drop in the lower spots.

Now, of course I do not have much. This would be a clear fold in any other scenario.

I elect to call to see a turn, due to my backdoors.

Turn (19bb):
Q, no flush draw

I jam, as I am blocking the straight and have a open ender, and the 9. Against random AA or KK i am not in bad shape, especially at this point with low SPR.

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UTG calls, he has JJ and holds after the river is a 9

Given the bounties, was this correct or still a fold? The bounties are indeed a lot compared to the payjump, but losing the hand limits me from winning any other bounties.

Appreciate any thoughts!

26 June 2026 at 10:09 PM
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I understand the desire to go for the huge double bounties and would 100% call pre. On this flop I probably just let it go, we have limited equity, poor visibility and lots of reverse implied odds.

Utg having a huge bounty on his head (and being utg) means he has to play very tight.

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