Ever since moving up to the 22's I've been getting way too many 4th place finishes. I think it's a product of the fact that there are more people by Level 4 and I feel uncomfortable pushing into 5+ people with marginal hands with <7 BB. Maybe my bubble play is off too. Here are a few example hands. Thoughts?
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed)
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Hero (t925)
MP (t370)
Button (t3275)
SB (t1920)
BB (t1510)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
Final Pot: t300
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed)
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Hero (t1025)
BB (t370)
UTG (t3275)
MP (t1820)
Button (t1510)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
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1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">
3 folds</font>.
Final Pot: t700
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed)
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Hero (t1225)
UTG (t70)
MP (t3275)
Button (t2120)
SB (t1310)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
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2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>.
Final Pot: t700 (The blinds were moving up in the next couple hands, was this terrible?)
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (7 handed)
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Button (t1623)
Hero (t1125)
BB (t1141)
UTG (t1930)
MP1 (t584)
MP2 (t554)
CO (t1043)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
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1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t584 (All-In)</font>, <font color="#666666">
4 folds</font>, BB calls t384.
Final Pot: t1268
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (7 handed)
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SB (t1723)
Hero (t1325)
UTG (t841)
MP1 (t1930)
MP2 (t584)
CO (t554)
Button (t1043)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t500</font>, <font color="#666666">
6 folds</font>.
Final Pot: t800
I know these are all really weak hands, but they are the best I've been seeing in level 5 when my stack is getting low, do i just push and hope for the best? Thanks in advance for any replies.