Satellite, Sitting at 9/40 with 30 spots advancing...

Poker Stars, $2 + $0.20 NL Hold'em Tournament, 300/600 Blinds, 7 Players
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SB: 2,830
BB: 8,555
UTG: 17,125
UTG+1: 4,184
Hero (MP): 8,610
CO: 6,875
BTN: 2,725

Pre-Flop: (1,250) :Kh :Ks dealt to Hero (MP)
UTG calls 600, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls ???

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Raise to 1500.

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Carrera: fuck you

as just above it means big bet.
so again fuck off

Fold. You pretty much have the satellite locked up. Especially against the guy who has you covered.

Everyone in this thing was afraid of betting anything, and I busted out of two of these earlier in the week after raising a limper holding AA. I figured I could call and if the flop looked really scary I could c-fold to any aggression. The flop brought an ace and two were all-in before it got back to me. No brainer fold. I still cruised into the token.

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I would just use this opportunity to solidify a victory. I wouldn't plan on making or calling any bets postflop, but your opponent isn't likely to do so either if you get called to the flop, so there's a good chance you'll get three rounds of checks and KK has a lot of showdown value.

But anyway folding isn't bad either.

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Carrera: fuck you

as just above it means big bet.
so again fuck off

I just didn't want this guy coming over the top if I reraised here. Even if he decided to flip a coin here, I wasn't willing to. I think he had AQ if I'm not mistaking. More villians than not will shove a re-raise in this spot. Even if he doubles me up, he can still sit out the rest of the game and likely finish ITM. He went on to play like a moron to strengthen my opinion on this one.

I was hoping to do exactly what you said, solidify a cruise to the money. With even a small win here on a good flop with little aggression, I could sit out the rest of the thing and start up something else waiting for my account to grow. Never actually had the pleasure of doing that up to now.

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