late Tournament decision

[Ross]

I can'nt make up my mind on this hand.

Situation down to the last 11 of NLHE Tournament. I am in the money but well short of anything worthwhile. Blinds are 10,000 & 5,000 most of the chips are on the other table and all 5 players on mine have stack sizes between 40,000 & 100,000.

Hence all the action is preflop with all-in moves being the order of the day. I'm in the BB with A J . I have 39,000 left after posting the BB.

UTG moves all-in. He is the shortest stack and the raise is 33,000. I have been playing with him for the best part of 5 hours and he has been playing a really solid game. However he is at the point in the tournament where has to make a move sooner rather than latter.

Call or fold ?

Ross

[sam h]

Ross,

If the raise is to 33,000, you have an easy call. If it's 33,000 more for a total of 43,000, I would still probably call but I think it's pretty close. It all depends upon your read on how that player will shift gears and adjust to a shorthanded, shortstacked game. If I were him, I'd be raising with a lot of hands much worse than AJ. But that's me.