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CheckisGood
I've been playing pretty tight and moved it in a few times recently. Seat 5 has been the most aggressive player at the table up to this point. Seat 4 has not played many pots. In this structure Top 5 finishers regain entry to Step 3 and Top 2 gain entry to $215 Step 4.

PokerStars Game #33907194063: Tournament #202854480, $75+$7 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2009/10/11 13:44:55 ET
Table '202854480 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: TheFan83 (1270 in chips)
Seat 3: ThinkDustin (1880 in chips)
Seat 4: tossedafumo (2465 in chips)
Seat 5: simongii (3150 in chips)
Seat 6: dickkemp (1020 in chips)
Seat 7: jzg80 (1865 in chips)
Seat 9: JochenCash (1850 in chips)
tossedafumo: posts small blind 100
simongii: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ThinkDustin [5c 5h]
dickkemp: folds
jzg80: folds
JochenCash: folds
TheFan83: folds
ThinkDustin: raises 1680 to 1880 and is all-in

Was this the right move given the circumstances? What is the best play in this spot?
SuperJon
Add in the following factors:

You only have about 9BB
You are first to act with only two players behind
Neither of the blinds have a stack big enough to call light, so they'll need a strong hand to call

Easy shove, imo.

potatoman
I think I'll be pushing any pair here, so 55 looks good to me.

rrumsey
yahy about rigtht, almost deep enough to standard raise but yah shovel
SuperJon
QUOTE (rrumsey @ Sunday, October 11th, 2009, 7:01 PM) *
yahy about rigtht, almost deep enough to standard raise but yah shovel


No.

It's fold or shove.
rrumsey
QUOTE (SuperJon @ Sunday, October 11th, 2009, 3:22 PM) *
No.

It's fold or shove.

so you would open shove 55's with an m of like ( just for arguments sake) 12? I wouldn't open shove that in that deep with a small pocket pair, but frankly we may, and i do stress may, be able to pick off the blinds (which isn't a bad result). A slightly better pocket pair like 8's and ill shove still with an m of 12 maybe. With a semi decent m i don't think you can shove that but i don't mind maybe trying to pick up some blinds going ultra small ball. folding with an m of like 12 seems pretty nitty with almost any pocket pair.
SwolyswoND
Rumsey, he has < 10 BBs and his M is 6.

This is shove or fold AINEC.
SuperJon
QUOTE (rrumsey @ Sunday, October 11th, 2009, 9:07 PM) *
so you would open shove 55's with an m of like ( just for arguments sake) 12? I wouldn't open shove that in that deep with a small pocket pair, but frankly we may, and i do stress may, be able to pick off the blinds (which isn't a bad result). A slightly better pocket pair like 8's and ill shove still with an m of 12 maybe. With a semi decent m i don't think you can shove that but i don't mind maybe trying to pick up some blinds going ultra small ball. folding with an m of like 12 seems pretty nitty with almost any pocket pair.



QUOTE (SwolyswoND @ Monday, October 12th, 2009, 12:38 AM) *
Rumsey, he has < 10 BBs and his M is 6.

This is shove or fold AINEC.


Correct.

Not trying to be a dick Rumsey, just trying to help you understand.

If OP raises and then folds to a shove, he'll be left with about 6 BBs, and an M of 4.
Tehtoe
QUOTE (rrumsey @ Sunday, October 11th, 2009, 8:07 PM) *
so you would open shove 55's with an m of like ( just for arguments sake) 12? I wouldn't open shove that in that deep with a small pocket pair, but frankly we may, and i do stress may, be able to pick off the blinds (which isn't a bad result). A slightly better pocket pair like 8's and ill shove still with an m of 12 maybe. With a semi decent m i don't think you can shove that but i don't mind maybe trying to pick up some blinds going ultra small ball. folding with an m of like 12 seems pretty nitty with almost any pocket pair.


rrumsey
my mistake i though he had an M of like 9 my bad
Fade2241
it looks fine, def agree with others that this is a shove or fold.
Darth Maple
QUOTE (CheckisGood @ Sunday, October 11th, 2009, 8:38 PM) *
I've been playing pretty tight and moved it in a few times recently. Seat 5 has been the most aggressive player at the table up to this point. Seat 4 has not played many pots. In this structure Top 5 finishers regain entry to Step 3 and Top 2 gain entry to $215 Step 4.

PokerStars Game #33907194063: Tournament #202854480, $75+$7 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2009/10/11 13:44:55 ET
Table '202854480 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: TheFan83 (1270 in chips)
Seat 3: ThinkDustin (1880 in chips)
Seat 4: tossedafumo (2465 in chips)
Seat 5: simongii (3150 in chips)
Seat 6: dickkemp (1020 in chips)
Seat 7: jzg80 (1865 in chips)
Seat 9: JochenCash (1850 in chips)
tossedafumo: posts small blind 100
simongii: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ThinkDustin [5c 5h]
dickkemp: folds
jzg80: folds
JochenCash: folds
TheFan83: folds
ThinkDustin: raises 1680 to 1880 and is all-in

Was this the right move given the circumstances? What is the best play in this spot?


I fold because I'm a nit. The next set of blinds still leave us with a starting stack. I'm sure we'll pick up a better hand than fives in the next 10 or so hands. But I 100% agree with push or fold and like I say the nit here folds.
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