A8o 4 handed on the bubble? Push or Fold?
 

***** Hand History for Game 2280954330 *****
NL Hold'em $30 Buy-in + $3 Entry Fee Trny:13501062 Level:6 Blinds(100/200) - Wednesday, June 29, 03:12:25 EDT 2005
Table Table 11873 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: Player1 ( $1265 )
Seat 9: Player2 ( $550 )
Seat 2: Hero( $1085 )
Seat 4: villian ( $5100 )
Trny:13501062 Level:6
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ac 8d ]
Player1 folds.
Hero ?????

The short stack is in the big blind. The player to my right is likely a poster here. Lots of open pushing, preventing me from doing the same. The SB is just awful. Sometimes very loose, sometimes very tight. Tough to get a real read on what (s)he may do. If the blinds were at 150/300 I would likely have laid this down but at 100/200 I am not so sure.

So what's the consensus, push or fold? Setting the BB to any two and the SB to maniac its slightly -$EV. Any other setting makes its pretty positive $EV. Blinds go up in two hands which presuming I folded would leave me with 600 on the button when presuming smallie didnt win a hand would put him all in on his BB.

Re: A8o 4 handed on the bubble? Push or Fold?
 

Push. I have some doubts, but the combination of the blinds in two hands and small stack in BB leads me to think pushing is correct.

Re: A8o 4 handed on the bubble? Push or Fold?
 

Push, the fact that if bb doubles up he has the same amount as you makes this decision even easier.