Hi all, first post here, I'm a recent subscriber to Poker Coaching premium and very excited to really get to work and studying things more rigorously and become a better player through the tournament master class.
I have one particular question that is nagging me though, as I find I am ruining my tournaments on a regular basis by taking flips with AK (or perhaps lower pocket pairs).
For example, I just found myself in this situation:
Level 3 - Blinds 200/400
UTG opens to 3bb with 32bb behind.
It folds to me in the HJ with AKo with 90bb.
Players behind me average around 30-35bb.
I 3bet to 10bb and it folds back to UTG who jams for the remaining 32bb.
I feel like this is an obvious race and being early and this deep, perhaps the possibility of losing 32bb is not so detrimental, but I've found myself many times ruining my stack in situations where I am presented with a flip. At the same time, I can't imagine flatting AK there, and raising when villain is only ~30bb deep means going all-in if villain is proceeding with the hand, or is anyone ever actually folding to a jam here?
I'm wondering because I find I can spend hours on a tournament making reasonably good decisions only to have my stack devastated by one or two flips that go the wrong way, and at the same time I can't imagine any other play in spots like this. Is taking flips like this really just part of embracing the variance of MTTs?
Many thanks in advance to any responses or advice, looking forward to the wisdom of the community here
I have one particular question that is nagging me though, as I find I am ruining my tournaments on a regular basis by taking flips with AK (or perhaps lower pocket pairs).
For example, I just found myself in this situation:
Level 3 - Blinds 200/400
UTG opens to 3bb with 32bb behind.
It folds to me in the HJ with AKo with 90bb.
Players behind me average around 30-35bb.
I 3bet to 10bb and it folds back to UTG who jams for the remaining 32bb.
I feel like this is an obvious race and being early and this deep, perhaps the possibility of losing 32bb is not so detrimental, but I've found myself many times ruining my stack in situations where I am presented with a flip. At the same time, I can't imagine flatting AK there, and raising when villain is only ~30bb deep means going all-in if villain is proceeding with the hand, or is anyone ever actually folding to a jam here?
I'm wondering because I find I can spend hours on a tournament making reasonably good decisions only to have my stack devastated by one or two flips that go the wrong way, and at the same time I can't imagine any other play in spots like this. Is taking flips like this really just part of embracing the variance of MTTs?
Many thanks in advance to any responses or advice, looking forward to the wisdom of the community here

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