This is standard, right?

Hey All,
I'm pretty sure these are good plays, but I'd like to be sure.Standard? $11 sng's,BTW.
Thanks,
Shooby



***** Hand History for Game 3168077153 *****
200/400 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 18111259) - Thu Dec 08 21:53:48 EST 2005
Table Table 67099 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 4: lirico (1960)
Seat 5: cooperwine (2305)
Seat 6: sw212 (1160)
Seat 7: Marge411 (970)
Seat 10: jonnyesquire (1605)
Marge411 posts small blind (100)
jonnyesquire posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to sw212 [ 5h, 5c ]
lirico folds.
cooperwine raises (600) to 600
sw212 raises (1160) to 1160
sw212 is all-In.


***** Hand History for Game 3168072735 *****
150/300 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 18111259) - Thu Dec 08 21:53:07 EST 2005
Table Table 67099 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 4: lirico (1460)
Seat 5: cooperwine (2380)
Seat 6: sw212 (2125)
Seat 7: Marge411 (1170)
Seat 10: jonnyesquire (865)
cooperwine posts small blind (75)
sw212 posts big blind (150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to sw212 [ Ad, Qs ]
Marge411 folds.
jonnyesquire raises (865) to 865
jonnyesquire is all-In.
lirico folds.
cooperwine folds.
sw212 calls (715)

[splashpot]

1) no
2) yes

1) i don't like... you will be called, and will be hoping for a coinflip... if there wasn't a limper or raiser in front of you, an all-in would be good.

2) yes, i would call this.

Why no on the first one?
I have less than 3bb left, and a pocket pair seems like a good gamble to double up. There's still 5 left too???
Shooby

Isn't a coinflip a good thing in this situation?
I have 3bb. Crapshoot time.
Shooby

[splashpot]

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Why no on the first one?
I have less than 3bb left, and a pocket pair seems like a good gamble to double up. There's still 5 left too???
Shooby

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No you don't. You have almost 6BB. And avoiding a coinflip is preferable. You still have some fold equity if you're the first to push. This guy isn't going to fold and you're either way way behind or flippin the coin.

[ QUOTE ]
seems like a good gamble to double up.

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See, that's the problem. We don't want to gamble. Biggie is getting about 3:1 on a probable 50/50. Wait 'til you can be first in. Or have a premium.

[runner4life7]

because it would be nice to shoot for better than 50/50 at best. Blinds are big, people can bust, you arent even in the blinds. Now if youare BB and have 1/3 of your stack in thats a different story, but thats not the case.

Yeah, your right, 6 bb it is. I see your point now.
I was looking at this
"200/400 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL)"
I was mistaking the 400 for the bb.
What does the 200/400 mean?
Shooby

[Hendricks433]

1) No
2)Yes

1st you wont want a coin flip and you have over 4X the BB after you fold. You dont want a coin flip. Coin Flips are Bad for everyone.

[runner4life7]

that is if it were limit, 200 would be the bet PF and flop 400 turn and river

Ahh, ok.

And I get that this is bad now. Live and learn. Thanks for the help.
Shooby.