$200 NL HE MTT: Is it reasonable to limp first-in late in a tournament?

[Chasey22]

Game

Hold'em

Game Format

No Limit

Table Format

MTT

Buy-in

200

VP$IP

0

Currency

$

This is my first posting at this site.

I was at the final table of an 85 player live tourney. My experience with these tourneys is that once the field gets to 5 or 6 players, the winnings are usually chopped.

At this stage of the tourney, I had noticed that most hands were folding to the blinds or sometimes there were one or two limps preflop. I had 27BB in early position with KcTc.
I understand it is generally incorrect to limp first-in, but my thoughts were raises preflop had been very rare and I could probably call a min raise with this hand if I limped, but I probably couldn't call a three-bet if I raised preflop. So I limped first-in.

As played, the hand folded to the button (with 17BB) who raised 2X. The blinds folded and I called. There were now 6.5 BB in the pot (includes a BB ante). The flop was Ks 8h 5d. I checked to the button who C-bet 2BB and I called. Now 10.5 BB in the pot. Turn was Th. I bet 3BB and the button shoved for his remaining 13 BB. I called and he showed AJh (12 outs). The river was the 2h giving him the nut flush.

My questions:
Is it reasonable to limp first-in in this situation?
Would it have been better to just fold preflop considering the likelihood that I would have probably cashed out if I played tight and let the small stacks fight it out?

I appreciate anyone's thoughts.
thank you!

 

[monkeytilter]

I think limp was a major mistake, hand no where near strong enough.
From LJ+ you can open pot, fold to 3 bet in most cases.
With ICM consideration you can get away from this hand on the turn, betting here was a mistake IMHO as your hand is marginal and wants to now get to showdown as cheaply as possible.

 

[Bhargav]

you played the hand correctly, because your hand is marginal hand. if you think small stacks would have knocked out each other, then you should fold pre-flop, even if you limp you can fold after villain's 2x raise. But after this kind of flop, you cannot hold back.

 

[eetenor]

This is my first posting at this site.

I was at the final table of an 85 player live tourney. My experience with these tourneys is that once the field gets to 5 or 6 players, the winnings are usually chopped.

At this stage of the tourney, I had noticed that most hands were folding to the blinds or sometimes there were one or two limps preflop. I had 27BB in early position with KcTc.
I understand it is generally incorrect to limp first-in, but my thoughts were raises preflop had been very rare and I could probably call a min raise with this hand if I limped, but I probably couldn't call a three-bet if I raised preflop. So I limped first-in.

As played, the hand folded to the button (with 17BB) who raised 2X. The blinds folded and I called. There were now 6.5 BB in the pot (includes a BB ante). The flop was Ks 8h 5d. I checked to the button who C-bet 2BB and I called. Now 10.5 BB in the pot. Turn was Th. I bet 3BB and the button shoved for his remaining 13 BB. I called and he showed AJh (12 outs). The river was the 2h giving him the nut flush.

My questions:
Is it reasonable to limp first-in in this situation?
Would it have been better to just fold preflop considering the likelihood that I would have probably cashed out if I played tight and let the small stacks fight it out?

I appreciate anyone's thoughts.
thank you!

I have 2 questions
1 When you say chopped do you mean evenly 5 or 6 players take equal amounts of prize money? If yes and you want to chop why play?
2 What was your plan for this hand preflop vs a raise- make a flush? Hit a Ten and hope it is good? What was the range of hands that you expected to be raised by? Is KTs a strong holding vs that range? These questions are all a subset of what your plan was.

We have to have a strong plan for the hand if we are going to use a limping strategy beyond hitting our hand or letting our V realize their equity.
To help with that plan ask yourself what I will do if? Then think about different boards and Villain actions. Would we want to attack a small flop bet? Do we want to chase a flush draw on the FT OOP at this stack depth if we are going to chop?

As played you got the V to stack off, but they hit.