level 5 low ppair.... should i have called the all in?

[mithong]

#Game No : 1877253610
***** Hand History for Game 1877253610 *****
NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:11196841 Level:5 Blinds(100/200) - Sunday, April 10, 23:15:11 EDT 2005
Table Table 11655 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: kingkong81 ( $2377 )
Seat 2: mikehong ( $1230 )
Seat 3: cph8927 ( $1295 )
Seat 7: oldbo ( $1660 )
Seat 10: jckdaniels ( $1438 )
Trny:11196841 Level:5
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to mikehong [ 4d 4c ]
cph8927 folds.
oldbo folds.
jckdaniels folds.
kingkong81 is all-In [2277]


should i have called this? blinds were getting high and i was getting a lil low on chips

i know at best case scenario it was a coin flip though.

[RDWallace]

best case scenario he has 33 or 22, but thats obviously unlikely. That said, there are more combinations of overcards which an average $10 SNG player would push with than there are combinations of overpairs to your fours. Add that to the 200 chips youve already put in the pot and I think you have an easy call.

[J-Lo]

terrible call. there are 3 other stacks with similar stacks. He will be pushign most pocket pairs which crush you, and thee rest have u at a coinflip-- You need a much better hand to call (AA-JJ, AK, AQs) than to push. Because there are 3 others from whom to steal, fold this and push agains them, get aggressive. You should be looking for oportunities to push, not call.

edit: the big stakc is just playing big stack poker-- there is nothing u can do to counter that, besides pick up a legit hand--- u are giving up too much by calling, and u are giving up too much by pushing every hand the big stack doens't push.

[mithong]

yeah, after the move thats what i figured... i still had enough chips that any immediate push in the future would get me some blinds...

oh well, u live and learn