[petronder]

I had a very interesting hand last night and I would really like to get an opinion on how some others would play this hand.

Some background first. The tournament is a free roll tournament held in some local bars around the area on weeknights. There is no money but there are prizes, like baseball tickets, shirts, hats, gift certificates to resteraunts, chipsets etc. You also play for points which you can use to get into the finals every 12 weeks and win a trip to Vegas. The typical tournament has around 100 entries though this evening we we at about 125 to start. Top 20 finalists get points, 20th place 1 point, 19th, 2 points, etc... The winner of each night automatically makes the finals.

While this is a free roll most of the people take this very seriously. Usually some new people that are just learning but the majority are very good players. Personally I think the competition at these tournaments is more difficult than the money tournaments I have played.

Currently down to 19 players left and I personally don't need points as I already have a win in for the finals but I love to play and want to do well if not finish for prides sake if nothing else.

Two hands prior to the one I will discuss I have AA and go all in. Wind up knocking out a short stack. I have decent stack around 100k now. Next hand I get AKo and knock out another player who had AQo. I now have about 160k.

Here is the hand. Blinds are 5k/10k. Two limpers and I am one off the button. I look down and see Ace Spade Ace Clubs. Wow another great hand. I decide to slow play a little to see what I can extract. I raise to 20k and the SB and both limpers call. The flop comes down Ace Hearts Three (trey) Hearts Four Clubs . OK this is a great flop for me. I don't see any reasonable chance that someone was playing a 25 hand so I watch the players as they all check around to me on the end. I bet out 40k. I figured this would be enough to maybe get a call from someone with Ax but knock out the draws. The SB has about as much as me and the two limpers I had about double thier chips. If either of the two limpers call they would probably raise all in as the call would be over half thier stack. The SB calls and the two limpers fold. The turn card from hell comes Two (Duece) Hearts . The SB looks up at me she says the dreaded two words "All in". She has me covered by 5k. I have played with her before and she is a very solid player. She knows what she is doing and I have respect for her game. She is also tricky enough to have been on a complete bluff here. I have seen her bluff before but not very often.

So, what do you do? I am very curious as to the analysis of this hand. I will tell you the outcome of the hand but I would really like to see what people have to say about this hand without knowing the results first.

[easyguy]

I'm usually wrong, but here goes, anyway.

In the SB in this situation I would have called your pre-flop raise with a good hand, such as Kx suited or medium to high pair. So, at the turn there's a good chance I would be sitting with a flush or straight. Assuming I didn't pick up a bluff tell, I figure you are beat, fold.

'course, there's that 4th Ace possible on the river. Are you feeling lucky?

[ThomasR]

Smells like a flush to me, or she is trying to bluff you. For prides stake, I would fold as that is the sensible thing to do - if there is doubt, there is no doubt.

However, for the entertainment value and since it is no great loss if you don't rack up the points, I would call and pray for another Ace. Either that or a sloppy bluff from the lady across the table

[BigAl]

Me, I'd be looking at folding. She may well be bluffing, but is it really worth the risk? Is the pot large enough to warrant putting more in?

If so, perhaps, but the risk of a flush would be too great for me to feel all that comfortable staying in.