Party 20+2, level 5, near bubble w pockets

[emptypockets]

I hate level 5. What should I have done?

NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee
Level:5 Blinds(75/150)

Seat 10 is the button

Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: dougj ( $1270 )
Seat 2: dumbluckDK ( $405 )
Seat 3: HERO ( $2515 )
Seat 5: Emotion888 ( $2490 )
Seat 10: jshooter05 ( $1320 )
Trny:14536285 Level:5
Blinds(75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 7s 7d ]
xtheWall raises [500].
Emotion888 folds.
jshooter05 is all-In [1320]

HERO?

[Maulik]

first you have to figure out how many bb you have. you have a significant number more than 10bb. You can muck but the strongest hands here. you'll have to think about whom to steal blinds from.

[Hornacek]

Get rid of it. A raise and a reraise usually means trouble unless you have AA, KK, and (maybe) QQ. Easy fold.

[emptypockets]

So I take it you mean I should have folded this pf?

[Gyre]

That's and easy fold imo. A best you up against a underpair and 2 overs.

[chaz64]

I'm confused - is hero Xthewall?

[lastchance]

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So I take it you mean I should have folded this pf?

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Yeah, what else are you going to do? Folding the flop after putting in half your stack is not a spot you want to be in.

Push/fold, and I think you should throw this away.

[EnderFFX]

I think you screwed up in the beginning. You put in 20% of your stack to make a steal and got caught. If you call losing this pot knocks you down to 4th. If you could go back in time, I'd fold this (maybe limp? doubt it though) Right now I'd fold to the reraise and look for a better place to steal.

[Gyre]

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I'm confused - is hero Xthewall?

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Must be, noticed that just know which changes things a bit.

You have to put in another t800 to make the call which will leave you with 1200 i you lose. I would probably call this. If you lose you still have a ok stack to fight with and if you fold you just spent t500 to weaken your image.

[Gyre]

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I think you screwed up in the beginning. You put in 20% of your stack to make a steal and got caught. If you call losing this pot knocks you down to 4th. If you could go back in time, I'd fold this (maybe limp? doubt it though) Right now I'd fold to the reraise and look for a better place to steal.

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I dont like a fold with pp 7 here, you might reduce your bet to 400. It will probably be enough to steal the blinds and you have a bit more left if you have to fold to a bigger push. But folding 7s 5-handen with this large blinds must be to tight?

[emptypockets]

Thanks for all the input.
I now think folding this pf is the way to go for me considering the blinds and stacksizes.

I folded to the push by the way.

[CatfishKing]

two guys in front of you have shown strength(UTG raise, and reraise all in). Calling off more than half of your chips in this position is absolutely terrible.

[CatfishKing]

wait im confused, are you xthewall? i dont see him in the chips count, if so then i would call

[Gyre]

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Thanks for all the input.
I now think folding this pf is the way to go for me considering the blinds and stacksizes.

I folded to the push by the way.

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I think the replys got messed up, you didn't changes your nick till "HERO" on your pf rais and I don't think everybody realised that.

Folding 7s here IS to conservitive!

[chaz64]

If Hero was first to act with 77, I think I would raise to 450, then call the re-raise - the guy pushing is on a short stack, could have lots of worse hands, and you'd be getting over 2:1 on the call.

[Hornacek]

Oh... you're the original raiser. 800 more to call? Call this. More than 2:1 pot odds. If its 50% you're up against an overpair, and 50% two overcards, you have sufficient odds:

50% (overpair) you're a 4:1 dog
50% (two overcards) you're a 11:9 favorite.

you're a 5:3 dog, and pot is offering 2:1. Have to take the chances. I would have raised to maybe 350 or folded preflop... I don't like getting too committed on the bubble with mid pair. However, once you raised and got pot committed, the line between calling and folding is much murkier. If you think he's more than 50% to have overpair, a fold may be the correct move.