11s: post-flop

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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Hero (t615)
UTG (t2790)
MP (t1070)
CO (t805)
Button (t2410)
SB (t310)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Button calls t150, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t450) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

SB (Check)
HERO (Check)
BUTTON (Raise 150)
SB (Fold)
Hero (Raise 350)
BUTTON (Raise 115)
Hero (calls all-in 115)

How was this play? Is pushing preflop better?
Thxs, Brian

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Is pushing preflop better?


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Yes. You have no time/room left to be messing around.

When the action gets to you, the pot is 450, and you have 465, so winning it nearly doubles you up. I think this could be a situation for a stop and go, pushing any flop if the SB checks to you. Specifically, I don't like going for the checkraise rather than just open pushing on the flop, and checkraising to 350 leaving yourself only 115 behind is horrible IMO. If you are going to c/r, do it all in.

If he's going to commit himself to the pot with the notion of winning (obviously) doesn't he want to milk it as much as he can? The button isn't going to fold better than A8 and if he has worse, it's probably optimal to get as many chips as possible.

In the case presented, the guy is obligated to call. But of course, we're operating under the pretense that A8 is good here.