Move in or fold here?

[JasonP530]

***** Hand History for Game 1893841551 *****
ThatsTheGame finished in seventh place.
200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 11293617) - Thu Apr 14 13:26:55 EDT 2005
Table Table 12381 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: hero (1775)
Seat 5: Blazin23z (940)
Seat 7: indaclub27 (2435)
Seat 8: TAKEFROMALL2 (1000)
Seat 9: jino_jinov (1485)
Seat 10: dragonboiz (2365)
Blazin23z posts small blind (100)
indaclub27 posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ Ah, 8s ]
TAKEFROMALL2 folds.
jino_jinov folds.
dragonboiz folds.
hero??


I thought this was an interesting hand because there are still 6 of us left. It would be good to get those blinds because they are so big, but getting them doesnt ensure anything, and my hand is sort of weak. If you would move in here, how far down would you go on the hand scale when moving in? The SB seemed pretty good, and would know not to call with something marginal(AT,KJ,66 etc.), and the BB was pretty tight.

[Apathy]

If the blinds were tight I would push several hands, including A8.

[Meatmaw]

This is a definite push. You're good down to pushing any two suited broadway, and Ax, Kx. if SB would call with 77+, A9+ and failing that the BB calls with 22+, A2+, KQ, KJs, your K3o would be 1.0% more $EV to push than fold.

Your A8o against those call ranges (assuming BB folds when SB calls) is a +2.2% higher $EV to push.

[curtains]

Good push. One thing I notice is that if a thread is titled "good push or not?" or something of that nature, the push was correct about 75-85% of the time.