ITM Push w/Kx?

[EasilyFound]

$11 SNG. Must I push this hand here or should I wait?

200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 13244479) - Sun Jun 19 23:00:03 EDT 2005
Table Table 11701 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 4: Dmurphy339 (5050)
Seat 6: shyannie (1790)
Seat 7: EasilyFound (1160)
Dmurphy339 posts small blind (100)
shyannie posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to EasilyFound [ 4h, Ks ]
EasilyFound ??????

[pearljam]

dont think, just push.

[Sabrazack]

I would wait here, people in the 11$ are very likely to call you. But it depends on your image, if you have been pusing alot i would fold, if i have not been pushing alot i would push here.

[yid3655]

I agree here I would be tempted to wait, with the big stack in the BB i dont like this move with blinds still relatively small.

[lutefisk]

I like it. Well, I don't like the spot so much, but I agree with the play, and unfortunately we can't always make our plays out of ideal spots. I think you've got to make a move this hand or next to preserve some FE. If you let the blinds pass through you again, you're almost certain to get called when you make your move. Taking this down puts you in a good spot to tangle a bit more with the other small stack in the near future, and, assuming you don't get a monster, that's what you'll want to be doing. That's my %0.02 anyway

"Only after the 10th punch will you see the fist, and only after the 20th will you block it." --Proverb from the game of Go

[Karak567]

Come on guys...

This push is SOOOOO easy and it is NOT even CLOSE.

This is an auto, insta push.

At first glance I realized that, but I looked up the ICM numbers anyways just to prove it.

(EDIT - the following numbers are assuming the blinds are 200/400, which the HH leads me to believe but also confuses me - if blinds are 100/200 pushing K4s into average opponents is still +EV though!)

With both other players set to "average" this is a whopping +2.7 % +EV, that's a lot! (this is with blinds set at 200/400, at 100/200 it is +.9 % EV which is still a good push)

With both players set to "maniac" this is STILL +.7 % EV! (again, assuming blinds are 200/400)

Folding here is TERRIBLE, no matter what buy-in you are at.

(by the way - you should be pushing almost any two here - pushing 32o with both stacks set to average is still +EV and by a lot - (also assuming blinds are 200/400)

(READ MY EDIT IN THE MIDDLE ABOVE ^^^)

[Mr_J]

Blinds are small??? He has 5xbb...

[45suited]

I think that pushing here is a standard play. You have king high with some FE against the BB. Certainly more FE than you're going to have if you continue to get blinded down. There's alot of hands worse than king high that I'd push here too. I think that this is a classic case of being ITM and playing for first as well.