ITM, is this too aggressive here?

[1C5]

Again, I somehow manage to get 3rd when I have the majority of the chips. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Do you make the same play here? I was assuming (wrongly so) that the middle stack would fold everything besides premium cards in order to play for 2nd. I was wrong as he pushed with KJ which obviously I had to call and he hit a K and left me short.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (3 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Hero (t4350)
SB (t1100)
BB (t2550)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1500</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t2550 (All-In)</font>, Hero calls t1050.

Flop: (t5300) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t5300) 4/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t5300) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t5300

[Benholio]

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which obviously I had to call

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Anytime you will obviously have to call a reraise from your deepest opponent, you should just push. I'd have pushed these 2's without thinking twice about it.

[Phil Van Sexton]

If you were willing to call his allin, you should have gone allin in the first place. PUSH.

[1C5]

Yeah I know I should have pushed, I thought the 1500 raise would have got the job done, but next time will be a push.

[1C5]

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If you were willing to call his allin, you should have gone allin in the first place. PUSH.

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Would have you pushed with 22 here also?

[Nottom]

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If you were willing to call his allin, you should have gone allin in the first place. PUSH.

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As a corrollary to this, if you don't want to have to call don't raise so much. I will make it 1000 here somewhat often, as it is enough to get a fold most of the time but gives you a chance to get away if he comes over the top if you don't feel like gambling.

[Benholio]

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If you were willing to call his allin, you should have gone allin in the first place. PUSH.

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As a corrollary to this, if you don't want to have to call don't raise so much. I will make it 1000 here somewhat often, as it is enough to get a fold most of the time but gives you a chance to get away if he comes over the top if you don't feel like gambling.

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The only thing that sucks about that, is all of the times you lay your 2's down and he doesn't have a pair, you've just made a big mistake.

I know that wasn't the point of your reply, just wanted to point that out.

[citanul]

i'd push 22 here all the time.

citanul

[Nottom]

yeah i'm gonna push with 2s. But with ahnds like A5 or something it sometimes helps to have an out, although usually this is more of a concern when the BB has a few more chips.

[curtains]

Easy allin IMO, however theres not much of a difference between 1500 and allin. Not really sure why you chose the former?? What's your reason?

[1C5]

No reason really, thought forsure he would have folded anything but premium hands for a 1500 raise.

Will go all in next time.

[J-Lo]

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No reason really, thought forsure he would have folded anything but premium hands for a 1500 raise.

Will go all in next time.

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I forget who told me this, but,
--"Don't act based on your oponent should do, act based on what they WILL do."

[jaydoggie]

i think lori posted it a week ago or so

[curtains]

I think hed probably call for allin too.