The weekend before last I was fortunate enough to go deep in an online tournament on the BetMGM New Jersey platform. It was their weekly $215 buy-in, $30k guarantee Main Event, and we’d reached the final five players.
With a big blind of 60k and a 7.5k ante, the hijack opened for 120k. The cutoff folded and it was up to me on the button with QTs. There was no small blind, so I had only the big blind behind me. Here you can have a look at the entire situation, with stack sizes:
And here were the payouts:
1st - $8,156
2nd- $5,576
3rd - $3,944
4th - $3,009
5th - $2,329
What would you do in this spot with my hand? Think for a second before answering.
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