What Do You Think Of This

[Metternich 0]

This happened in a home game, so I can't convert. Early stages of a tournament, full of maniacs. Even though it's only the third stage of blinds /w no antes 3 people have already busted. A pretty soft game, when most players bet they do it for 1/5th the pot, and are willing to call with almost any 2 cards. PRobably the most representative hand of the night was a hand when the board paired twice and, after making a 5 high flush on the river, one player went all in. Not seeing the 3 flush cards, a player with the nut full house calls, thinking he only has a set. He is then informed that he does in fact win the hand.Anyways, here is the information as I remember it.Two tables of 6 people each, hero's table has 4 left. At this point I have a super tight image, even after having shown down a bluff. Everyone else is so crazy that they think that anyone who can fold from the small blind is a total rock.UTG- Chip leader, probably has about 15k in chips (blinds 100/200)Dealer- 2nd chip stackSB- Chipstack similar to hero, around 9kHero/BB- Abut 9k in chipsPreflopUTG limpsSB completesHero is dealt 9-10os and checksFlop comes 8s-10d-Js (pot 600)Hero checks, UTG raises 1k, SB reraises to 2k (tons of min raises in this game, they usually don't mean much), Hero shovesMy thinking was that I had a hand with a lot of outs against anything that would call me and that I could very well win right there because of my tight image. Every other time I had bet at a pot people had folded to me. I half wanted a call because I felt like I really needed to double up or I would end up in the top few players but without enough chips to compete against a maniac who had 5x as many chips as I did owing to his willingness to play coinflip hands. Since only the top 2 places paid I was thinking that I should "Go big or go home."Anyways, what do you guys think of this one? I think it was a correct math play, but I'm not sure that I couldn't have waited and found a better spot as far as tournament strategy goes.

[PT0077 0]

Here are my thoughts, first, if its a home game and everyone is maniacs, along with min betting and stuff like that, my experience tells me that they have no clue what they are doing. Thus, you being a rock probably goes largely unnoticed. The way to beat this type of game is to play small ball, keep the pots as small as possible preflop and on the flop and make sure you make hands before committing a bunch of chips.Regarding your push, I think that if you're trying to go big or go home, then it is probably a good spot. If you think there is some chance of them folding, good spot. My guess is they will not fold any J and you are in bad shape. My opinion is you flat call the 2k, see what happens with the original raiser. If the original raiser folds or just calls then you are fine, if he pushes/raises, then you decide to gamble or not. You also did not include blind sizes, if they are $500/1000, then you are gambling at that point anyway. Always get your money in good, if you're drawing to an 8 outer with a mid pair, there are better spots to put it in with..... I'm tired and rambling but I'm interested to see how others would assess my view of the situation.

[Metternich 0]

I put blinds in, albeit in a wierd spot. They are 100/200. But at the rate players are busting out chances are that the blinds will never go up fast enough to threaten anyone.

[PT0077 0]

With blinds that low, you still have a ton of play left, I might even fold there and wait for a better spot being out of position in this hand is horrible because if you even hit your hand with the Q, some maniac joker could be in there with AK and bust you. You may be short compared to the other stacks, but you're by no means short stacked. Either call or fold, I don't think you want to gamble when still this early.