[VinnyTheFish]

at $11 -- What is wrong with raise it to 550 or 650 depending on your style?

Here ? if you put the player on AA, KK, QQ ? you?re thinking fold 8 out of 10 times.

But you are at T50 BB and 2 players are at 1.5+ times their stating chips, so either they both had monsters or they were just ultra aggressive. That is big to know.

But lets put him AK, AQ AJ - suited or not.

1) who cares what the BB does? Assuming he puts in his T100 ? If you just call then the side pot is 400 and the main pot will be 300 going in. You do not want that.

2) making it 550 to play and I seriously think either UTG+1 calls or pushes, not folding here. MP3 either calls or fold ? he probably will not push. Either way, if one of them does push ? I am folding. Too early for a coin flip. In an $11, you should be able to work back up to 1200-1500 chip on basic play alone ? since you are left with near 500 and the blinds are T50.

3) Let?s say they both call 550. The side pot is 400 and the main pot is 1350. Now you can play the flop. But if the flop hits Axx or Kxx with no help to your Jacks, again, I fold and fight with T500.

At this stage in the tourn, I am not focusing on pot odds or fold equity ? I focus on keeping myself in position to gain chips. Betting 550 here allows me to (1) Grab a quick 600 (2) knock out the BB (3) quiet down one of those 2 LAG?s and let them know I can play.

But ? it sends out the message that I am weak. I?ll risk 500 chips, and miss the flop and give it up. Now ? yes ? when the blinds are 100-200, most likely I push 9 out of 10!