Short stacked, 10+1, with K9s

[sahala]

Villain has been relatively tight. Both villain and hero are in a tight spot chip-wise.

#Game No : 2365125463
***** Hand History for Game 2365125463 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:13940023 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Thursday, July 14, 22:36:23 EDT 2005
Table Table 39807 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 8: siggysiggy ( $1575 )
Seat 5: Hero ( $380 )
Seat 2: phil1919 ( $475 )
Seat 7: Tx_HornyToad ( $2080 )
Seat 9: Villain ( $380 )
Seat 1: Wrnganswr ( $840 )
Seat 10: NY_Rooster ( $2270 )
Trny:13940023 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ks, 9s ]
Tx_HornyToad folds.
siggysiggy folds.
Villain is all-In [380]
NY_Rooster folds.
Wrnganswr folds.
phil1919 folds.

Hero ???

[Shillx]

You are getting 530:280 (almost 2:1) to call here with a hand that is no where near a 2:1 underdog against his range of hands. You also have to consider that you need to gamble in this spot if you want to have a chance at getting into the money. If you fold now you are going to lose all FE. This looks like a good place to gamble considering the pot odds that you are getting here and the $EV that you will be left with if you don't try to double up now.

Brad

[Fatdogs12]

I think this is insta call. You would have to be an idiot to fold this here, are you waiting for AA?

[Bigwig]

You. Must. Call.

[lastchance]

Call. Need chips now!

[Fatdogs12]

Bigwig if you got 44 would you call here too?

[Shillx]

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Bigwig if you got 44 would you call here too?

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I would call here in a shot as well. You just aren't close to a 2:1 dog with this hand either.

[Bigwig]

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Bigwig if you got 44 would you call here too?

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Yes. I'd call with a huge range here.

[willbb99]

Call! You should consider yourself lucky to get this kind of situation to double up.

[Delphin]

Easy call. You are getting 2:1 and over 1/4 of your stack is already in. K9s is better than 33% against the likely hands for villain (small pocket pair or Ax most likely).

[sahala]

Thanks for the responses guys. So in reality the villain and hero roles were reversed. My stack was pretty abysmal and I decided to push when the BB hit the smallest stack regardless of what cards. He called with K9s and I was trying to figure out whether that was a decent call.

FYI I pushed with 8-high.

[rydazzle]

do it. ~2:1 is call-tastic.

[ZeroPointMachine]

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Thanks for the responses guys. So in reality the villain and hero roles were reversed. My stack was pretty abysmal and I decided to push when the BB hit the smallest stack regardless of what cards. He called with K9s and I was trying to figure out whether that was a decent call.

FYI I pushed with 8-high.

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Waiting to push the small stack with a small stack is backasswards for all the reasons already posted he is the last person you want to raise. Make your NE2 stand against a middle stack who is going to be much more wary of taking a hit.