I thought it was a good play

[TaintedRogue]

1st hour of a MTT and I've done poorly, sitting on the cutoff with 1150 chips and the blinds 50/100, with 9s7s.
Everyone folds to me & I make it 300 to go and only the BB, with about 1800 chips calls.
I have not had the opportunity to steal in late position. I usually don't try until this level and it's close to the end of the 15 minutes.
Flop: Ts,6d,2s; I've flopped a gut-shot straight & four flush draw.
BB puts me all in. 850 to call for a shot at winning 1500 chips.
I have 9 spades and 3 more eights that could win it for me. 8 spades if he has a set. At best, I'm a 2.92:1 dog if he doesn't have a set but a pair of Ts or higher. If he has a pair of 6s or 2s, I've got 18 outs and only a 1.61:1 dog. Pot odds are 1.76:1.
I figured he would have checked a set, so I called. He didn't have a set, he had a pair of Ts, but I didn't make my straight or flush.
I think I made a good call.
Why? Because I'll only see 5 more hands before having to put up the 100 blind and there isn't enough time left in this level for two more orbits.

[LethalRose]

insta call you cant win every hand.

[kiffl]

I agree with you, your call was fine. Preflop I dont know if I would be stealing though with 97s. You probably should have waited to atleast get an ace.

[EnderIII]

isn't that taking then, if you probably have the best hand it seems an awful lot like raising with the best hand. 97s is a fine steal hand, however you put yourself in a tough spot due to your stack size, stealing with a third of your stack can commit you to a flop that isn't even all that good.

[ZBTHorton]

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I agree with you, your call was fine. Preflop I dont know if I would be stealing though with 97s. You probably should have waited to atleast get an ace.

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I'd rather raise with 97s than with A2os...anyday.

[young nut]

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I agree with you, your call was fine. Preflop I dont know if I would be stealing though with 97s. You probably should have waited to atleast get an ace.

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I'd rather raise with 97s than with A2os...anyday.

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I completely agree. middle suited connectors or 1 gappers are hands that are very good to steal with for many reasons.

[Max Raker]

How did you get best case 2.9 to 1? If he dosent have a set or a better flush draw you've got 12 outs for 1.2 to 1, making it an easy call.
I call here and hope he dosen't have a set, I would actually be worried more about a better flush draw possibly with a pair based on how the hand went down.

[fjcomm02]

You have to call.
The alternative (folding) is to enter the next round with 850 chips when the average will be around 2000... not a good situation.
Good play.

[TaintedRogue]

you're correct. It is approx 1.2:1. I'm primarily a ring game player and was only considering the turn card.

[TaintedRogue]

I considered myself at the end of my rope and it was my last chance in LP to steal before I bleed more posting blinds. Plus, spades look like "fighting cards"

[Max Raker]

I actually like the whole line, you rased to get blinds, hoping you weren't called. After you got called you hit a great flop and lost basically a coin flip, with the blinds as they were you cant afford to wait for much better.