I hadn't seen anything in a while, obviously I'm low on chips, and this looked like a really good opportunity to triple up. First place is the only thing that matters, it's a WSOP seat. I think I made the right move, but I don't play many tournaments (mostly a cash player) and wanted opinions from you Grand Masters.
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Villain #2's min raise UTG isn't as suspicious as it might be for most players; he hadn't been doing that with his big hands at all. I had been playing with him for a while, had always been raising at least 3x the blinds with any good holding. 2x made me think he had either a small pair or two decent big cards.
Villain #1
Loose Agressive player that was lucky to be there, had been very fortunate with flops. Might be on tilt because he had just lost a BIG (200k) pot a hand or two before. I figured him for a wide, wide, range of hands due to his mental state and overly aggressive nature.
So I've got 8s8h and only 5-6x the BB. I know Villain 2 is probably going to call - I know I've got him beat, but he's got the right odds to call with almost anything. Due to the fact that I believe I have the best hand, and am probably up against 4 overcards or 2 overcards and a smaller pair, pushing (calling Villain #1, actually) is the right move? I figured I was a getting my money in a good position to triple up, even though I might only be 30-40% to win the hand. Is that correct thinking, or do you hold on and try to find another spot?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (7 handed)
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<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t11336)</font>
BB (t207722)
UTG (t29347)
<font color="#C00000">MP1 :#A500AF(Villain 2)/ (t39662)</font>
MP2 (t41799)
CO (t49578)
<font color="#C00000">Button :#A500AF(Villain 1)/ (t12056)</font>
Preflop: Hero is SB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
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1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 :#A500AF(Villain 2)/ raises to t4000</font>, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button :#A500AF(Villain 1)/ raises to t11956</font>, Hero calls t10236 (All-In), <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, MP1 :#A500AF(Villain 2)/ calls t7956.
Final Pot: t34648
<font color="#009B00">Main Pot: t31408 (t31408), between Hero, Villain 2 and Villain 1.</font>
<font color="#009B00">Pot 2: t3240 (t3240), between Villain 2 and Villain 1.</font>