Hand Question from stars 350K

[mntbikr15]

I know once the button comes over the top I have to call. However my question is anyone else raise this here in hopes to get isolated with the all in BB?

Thanks,
Evan

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t8000 (9 handed)

SB (t42988)
BB (t5295)
UTG (t59602)
UTG+1 (t43544)
MP1 (t34604)
Hero (t181137)
MP3 (t110932)
CO (t33280)
Button (t30996)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t24000</font>, MP3 folds, CO folds, <font color="CC3333">Button raises to t30596</font>, SB folds, Hero calls t6596.

Flop: (t63992) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>

Turn: (t63992) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>

River: (t63992) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>

Final Pot: t63992

Button had JJ and one was a diamond, BB had Q9o no diamond and button takes it down.

[Chief911]

Check your post. You mention button with two different hands. Very hard to follow...

Nick

[mntbikr15]

Fixed, thanks man.

Now how bout the hand?

[M.B.E.]

I think in principle this play is good, because your A7 is a 59:41 favourite against the big blind's random hand. When you isolate successfully, it's a great situation because you are getting something like a 2.5:1 on your 5300 chips (the BB's stack, the SB's 4000, plus all the antes), when you are the favourite.

The downside of course is that you might not isolate successfully, and in those cases you have put more chips at risk. You have four players to act after you, with stack sizes 111K, 33K, 31K, and 43K (small blind). Obviously you will fold if reraised by the big stack (you have him covered) but when your raise is 24K you have to call when anyone else raises you, and when that happens you will often be dominated. If the small blind is fairly tight, it seems to me that you can do better by putting in a smaller raise, perhaps to 18K, and then fold if either the big stack or the SB raises (you'd still have to call a raise from either of the others). It depends on the players of course.

I'd be interested in other opinions.