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Beck
03-24-2005, 11:27 PM
Being this shortstacked shouldn't I always gor for the blinds in this situation? Or are the cards just too crappy?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (4 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG (t2185)
Button (t2105)
Hero (t760)
BB (t2950)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, hero??

RobGW
03-24-2005, 11:33 PM
Your cards dont matter at this point. You need to get lucky. Push this. If BB folds then great. If he calls, as long as he doesn't have a PP or have you dominated (both are unlikely), you will not be too big of a dog.

Apathy
03-25-2005, 02:18 AM
I fold this unless you have some reason to believe that the BB will fold more then half his hands here.

lastchance
03-25-2005, 02:50 AM
I like pushing from the SB with 4x BB and 2 cards. Unless your opponent will call any 2 cards here, I like it a lot.

UncleDuke
03-25-2005, 05:26 AM
I like a push here too. RobGW is right, you're going to need to be lucky. This is one of the last chances you'll have where you have much folding equity and no chance of more than one opponent -- it wouldn't be a bad fold for bb if he has an iffy hand, but if your stack was much smaller, he'd call with almost anything. If he calls you, your chances of doubling up here are probably still better than your prospects if you fold.

PoBoy321
03-25-2005, 06:29 AM
There's 300 in the pot, you have 660 behind. If you push, you're putting up 660 to win ~1500. If you have any kind of fold equity, which I'm sure you do in this case, it's a pretty easy push. Even if you're called, you're almost certainly drawing live.

But like some other posters said, you're gonna need to get lucky at some point and this is probably it.

ReDeYES88
03-25-2005, 09:47 AM
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Your cards dont matter at this point. You need to get lucky. Push this. If BB folds then great. If he calls, as long as he doesn't have a PP or have you dominated (both are unlikely), you will not be too big of a dog.

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...........equity (%) win (%) / tie (%)

Hand 1: 37.4838 % [ 00.35 00.03 ] { 8s3h }
Hand 2: 62.5162 % [ 00.60 00.03 ] { random }

jcm4ccc
03-25-2005, 10:39 AM
This push depends greatly on the BB.

If the BB has been bullying the table and letting you live, then he has an interest in you staying alive. Go ahead and push this. He will probably fold.

If the BB seems to be a solid player but has not been bullying the table, then I would fold. You have almost no folding equity. The BB needs to call 560 of his stack to win 960 chips. Even if the BB loses, he will still be the big stack. Plus, he knows that you are going to be pushing crap.

If the BB is weak/tight and folds easily, then push.

Basically, you are going to have to double up sometime. You have three more hands in which to attempt that (UTG, Button, BB). If you fold now and double up in the next three hands, you will have 1320 chips, which is definitely playable. I am almost definitely folding this.