Two very difficult small PP situations in the money. Stars $150

[shaniac]

$150+12 Stars Wednesday. 27 paid. 27-19 get a small payout, 18th-11th is a decent $300 profit or so and the real money is, you guessed it, in the top 3 money spots. I'm playing, as always, to win.

One interesting side note here: My opponent on the first hand, G6Dragon, and I have a escalating last longer. $100 bumped to $150 if we both make the final 27, $200 final 18 and $300 if we're both at the final table.

We are down to 2 tables. I have around 9K and post the 1200 BB. It's folded to G6Dragon in the SB, who pushes allin. He has me covered by around 5K. I have 55. Your move?

A couple orbits later I am in suboptimal shape with ~9K utg...blinds are at 1K/2K a100. 16 players left at 8-handed tables. I have 44. Your move?

Some highlights/results from the hand history and chat:

PokerStars Game #768454573: Tournament #2958541, Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (600/1200) -

Table '2958541 27' Seat #1 is the button

Seat 2: G6Dragon (12480 in chips)
Seat 3: shaniac (9590 in chips)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to shaniac [5c 5h]

G6Dragon: raises 11205 to 12405 and is all-in


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shaniac: folds

shaniac said, "55 you mothere****er"


MonsterJ [observer] said, "hit that presto"

G6Dragon said, "KQss"

MonsterJ [observer] said, "jeez"

G6Dragon said, "you folded presto?"

HoldemPhil said, "i agree"

MonsterJ [observer] said, "what were you thinking"

HoldemPhil said, "i call with 5 5 there"

MonsterJ [observer] said, "i reraise with 55 there" [we'll ignore the fact that I had no chance to reraise there]

Edit: G6Dragon is a famously agressive and IMO fairly solid player. However, he has been sitting in the SB to my BB for some time now and has folded more than 75% of the time to my BB when it was folded to him.

On the second hand, I pushed allin with the fours, it was folded to the BB who called with AdTd and I lost.

Shane