$5 MTT mid stages - discretion vs. valor

[Rednax]

No-limit Texas Hold'em $5+$1 - 225 Entries - 60 left - Not long after the first break - Blinds 100/200

Seat 6 may be decent. Seat 3 seems loose. No read on Seat 4. I was worried that my high cards might be duplicated in the other hands, reducing my outs and possibly even leading to a split. I know I may not see a better hand the rest of the tournament but I wonder if I might see a better opportunity later, like one where there wasn't an early limper and two allins. Of course, the allins are somewhat shortstacked and therefore maybe a little desperate.

Seat 1: $16,220 in chips)
Seat 2: $2,180 in chips)
Seat 3: $1,815 in chips)
Seat 4: $2,017 in chips)
Seat 5: $4,198 in chips)
Seat 6: $10,214 in chips)
Seat 7: $16,773 in chips)
Seat 8: [AC,KH] ($2,630 in chips)
Seat 9: $5,469 in chips)
Seat 10: $5,445 in chips)


ANTES/BLINDS
Egleputt posts blind ($100), lirarn posts blind ($200).

PRE-FLOP
Seat 6 calls $200, 1 fold, Seat 8 (Hero) bets $800, 4 folds, Seat 3 bets $1,815 and is all-in, Seat 4 bets $1,917 and is all-in, 2 folds, Seat 8 ???

[Sam T.]

I don't think folding is an option here, and I probably would have open pushed. You're looking at two short-stack pushes, so the range of hands you can put them on is pretty wide. If you had two or three big-stacks going to war it would change the complexion of the hand, but still require a push on your part.

Given that there are two people all-in ahead of you, you are probably in a race with somebody, and dominating someone else. 99 vs. AQ vs. AK, for example. You're low on chips as it is, and you simply can't pass up the opportunity to triple-up.

The only hands you don't want to see are AA or KK, and if you do, "Cards happen."

My two cents,

Sam