KQ late stage tourney question

[Toro]

Last night Pokerstars $22 rebuy NLHE tourney. We are in the late stages, 49 players left, 4 spots from the money. Blinds are 1500/3000, 150 ante. Villian raises to 9000 and I have KQo. Villain's been raising a little too often I think. Not crazy but too often to have that many good hands. I put him on a moderately good hand like A medium kicker. I think my image is solid as I've only shown down good hands when called.

What would you do with my hand? Fold, call or re-raise all-in. And in considering re-raise all-in, do I have enough chips to get him off a hand like A9 with an all-in re-raise?

PokerStars Game #1252091918: Tournament #5472162, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII
(1500/3000) - 2005/02/21 - 23:28:46 (ET)
Table '5472162 18' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: DESTROYER1 (43552 in chips)
Seat 2: checkdotcom (22130 in chips)
Seat 3: plumberpat (45546 in chips)
Seat 4: DietDrPoker (74921 in chips)
Seat 5: MALTA 1 (41493 in chips)
Seat 6: Toro85 (28420 in chips)
Seat 7: Luckyliu (72052 in chips)
Seat 8: papalove (20130 in chips)
Seat 9: dud711 (34740 in chips)
DESTROYER1: posts the ante 150
checkdotcom: posts the ante 150
plumberpat: posts the ante 150
DietDrPoker: posts the ante 150
MALTA 1: posts the ante 150
Toro85: posts the ante 150
Luckyliu: posts the ante 150
papalove: posts the ante 150
dud711: posts the ante 150
papalove: posts small blind 1500
dud711: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Toro85 [Kh Qc]
DESTROYER1: folds
checkdotcom: folds
plumberpat: folds
DietDrPoker: raises 6000 to 9000
MALTA 1: folds
Toro85: ????

[schwza]

looks like a pretty obvious fold to me. villain raised in MP, and you still have 3 people left to act behind you. if villain calls, you're likely dominated. and you're on the bubble (but villain has enough that he can call you and not stress whether he'll make the money).

why play?

[EverettKings]

When he's been raising "a little too much", how much has he been raising? is this 3xBB standard for him?

He could have Ace-medium and up, King-ten and up, pretty much any pair, maybe something like JTs. Most of these hand's youre not a favorite against, and not by much if so. Do you think he lets go of ATs here? 88? I doubt it.

He's likely bullying a bit, but KQo for 1/3 of your stack isn't my favorite spot to go. If you play, all in preflop is the way to go in hopes of settling it quickly. Calling off 1/3 of your stack to try to hit or outplay post-flop is a bad idea IMO, as in his shoes I insta-put you all in on any flop with any two.

And up to now I've been ignoring the fact that you're 4 from the money, giving another reason to find a better spot.

Just my 2 cents

-Kings

[Spladle Master]

Fold and wait for a better spot.

[Elaboration]

Hi Toro,

I'd really have to have a good feel for what he would fold here in order to make this move.
He is going to be getting a huge price to make this call. Better than 2-1 (your 28k+his 9k and the blinds = 41k/call of 19k) with no real fear of not making the money. I dont think it is enough if he has a reasonable range of MP opening hands.
Also, you still have players left to act behind you that might have you in bad shape. I would let it go...*fume*. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] Also, calling is bad IMO.

How did it turn out?
E

[OhBoy!]

I'd probably push.

[Elaboration]

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I'd probably push.

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Why?

E

[Toro]

Thanks for the replies. I pushed and he called and had just what I thought he had, AT although it was suited. I was really pissed at myself for making this play as I naively thought I could make him lay that hand down. Major miscalculation on my part.

Basic lesson. Never try to bully a big stack with a small stack. I should have folded and waited for a better spot as with over 28K I still had a little time. Here's the rest of the hand.

Toro85: raises 19270 to 28270 and is all-in
Luckyliu: folds
papalove: folds
dud711: folds
DietDrPoker: calls 19270
*** FLOP *** [5d 7h As]
*** TURN *** [5d 7h As] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [5d 7h As 3d] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DietDrPoker: shows [Ac Tc] (a pair of Aces)
Toro85: shows [Kh Qc] (high card Ace)
DietDrPoker collected 62390 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 62390 | Rake 0
Board [5d 7h As 3d Jd]
Seat 1: DESTROYER1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: checkdotcom folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: plumberpat folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: DietDrPoker showed [Ac Tc] and won (62390) with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: MALTA 1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Toro85 showed [Kh Qc] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 7: Luckyliu (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: papalove (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: dud711 (big blind) folded before Flop

[MLG]

I like the play if your opponent has 5000, not if he has 7500. That being said he still made a pretty loose call, not saying I wouldn't make it myself, but its deffinitely a "Gambling" call.