Push these 5's?

[RacersEdge]

Do you want the chance to try to double up here with stack at 10 BB, or does the raise make it an easy fold since no folding equity?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed)

BB (t895)
UTG (t1935)
Hero (t1050)
CO (t2835)
Button (t735)
SB (t550)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t300</font>, Hero....

[hurlyburly]

Fold. You aren't that short that you should risk (at best) a coinflip. I did an experiment and at a 10+1 on stars 7 handed I was able to see the blinds 4 times with 8xBB before finally catching a premium hand. I got 3 callers, 2 started a sidepot, and my cowboys held up and put me back in shape to reach second. No sense giving up.

[SmileyEH]

easy fold...turns into a push in the 99-TT range.

-SmileyEH

[RacersEdge]

I actually did fold it, but I'm not sure it's a no brainer. Suppose the big blinds go to 200 in 2 more hands. Now your stack is at 5 BB and your looking to push with any pair. It seems like your saying "these 5's aren't worth it now, I'm going to see if I can get a bigger pair over these next 2 hands, but if I don't, I would like to have these 5's back". And you got about a 6% chance of getting 99s or better in 2 hands.

[SmileyEH]

Against the range of hands your opponent is raising with you are a huge dog. that is why folding is correct.

when you push all in with any pair you pick up the blinds a large portion of the time.

-SmileyEH

[zephyr]

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Against the range of hands your opponent is raising with you are a huge dog. that is why folding is correct.


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I don't think you're a huge dog. Even if he's only raising with the top 8 hands (99-AA &amp; AK/AQ), you're only a 1.8:1 dog. I think many players will raise with quite alot more than that in this situation.

Nevertheless, I agree that folding is correct. If you were in the BB and it was folded around I think it gets a little closer though.

Only my opinion,

Zephyr