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PokerStars Game #xxxxxxxx: Tournament #xxxxxxxx, Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (600/1200) - 2005/11/10 - xx:xx:xx (ET)
Table '14705318 2' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2
22494 in chips)
Hero [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]28162 in chips)
Seat 8
28844 in chips)
Hero : posts small blind 600
Seat 8: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9d Ac]
Seat 2: raises 3000 to 4200
Hero : raises 7800 to 12000
Seat 8: raises 16844 to 28844 and is all-in
Seat 2: folds
Hero : ?????
there's no need to ask, it's not Ace high and chances are it's not Aces. i have to call right?
blinds are too big to seat around w/ 15k right?
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If there is no need to ask, why ask? You have to call. Not because you don't want to be a short stack, but because you are pot committed.
Why did you make the small reraise rather than calling or pushing? Was the purpose to represent a big pair? Once you reraise, either your opponent folds or all the money is going in, either when he pushes or on the flop.