$22: Table image stop you from pushing here?

[45suited]

I had pushed, from various table positions, 4 times in the last 11 hands to get back into the game. Would / should this stop you from pushing from the SB here?

Blinds 100-200. I had t740 after posting SB. Folded to me.

UTG ( $240 )
UTG+1( $500 )
CO ( $2290 )
Button( $3270 )
SB (HERO) ( $840 ) dealt 5cJs
BB ( $860 )

Anyway, does your table image cause any of you to not push here. Also, does the presence of the shorter stacks affect your decision at all? Meaning, if I fold here, because there are two bigstacks, I would still have t740 and be able to fight for ITM by waiting for a better spot.

This was a pretty basic push for me, I just wanted to see if anyone has reservations about doing it here for the reasons that I mentioned.

[lorinda]

Table image does stop me pushing sometimes, but not here.

This is a must win pot. Take down the blinds and you're the third player over 1000 chips.

It is possible I would not push into a big stack here in otherwise identical circumstances, but it would still depend on reads.

Lori

[Scuba Chuck]

45s, I agree with Lori here, this is a must win pot. Here's why.

Let's say you fold (as opposed to complete), your next two blind steal opportunities do not present themselves with much FE. Furthermore, as the blinds roll back around to you, and you suffer through them, you have no FE guaranteed following.

My guess is you're thinking that you can out survive the other two. But BB is thinking the same thing. In fact, he may even think that as well, and recognize that this battle/decision right here (regarding your push), is the defining battle for ITM. But, I seriously doubt it. Push away.

[1C5]

^^^^

Listen to them. /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[raptor517]

folding this is a sin. holla

[ChuckNorris]

I'm pushing

[45suited]

Don't get me wrong, this was an easy push for me. I just wanted to see if anyone thought that there would be any valid reasons for not pushing here. (Not that if there were it would keep me from pushing in spots like this in the future, I actually wanted to see if it was as clear a push as I thought that it was.)

It was unfortunate that my table image sucked, but not pushing here would have been horrible. Thanks for the sanity check.

[EnderFFX]

Push now. Next hand 0 FE with the BB only having 40 more then the blind.

[1C5]

Hey, off topic, how are the 22s/33s going for you? I am kind of in the same boat, playing mostly 22s with a few 33s now.

How many do you have at each level and what ROI?

I have a couple thousand 22s, 20% ROI or so, mostly 8 tabling.

Only a few 33s, still -ROI, hope to change that soon. /images/graemlins/ooo.gif