Foxwoods WPT and Pot Odds

[kinger]

Hello everyone,

I have been lurking here for the past 6 months. A long time reader, first time poster. I placed in an ACT 3 tournament last night at Foxwoods for entry into the main event. I turned $450 in $10,200 so I am quite happy.

Toro, I watched the seniors event during the breaks. Nice work.

I have one question that has been bugging me. In a tournament, I often make decisions based purely on pot odds. For example, if I am on the big blind and someone pushes all in, I will call if I am given the correct odds. Recently I was given 2.2 to 1 and 2.8 to 1. Both times I had Q8. The first hand he had 66, it was a race and I lost. The second, he had k5, I was a 40% dog and lost again.

If you have a medium/small stack and calling in these situations will cost you a good amount of your chips, say 25-50%. Do you always call, or do you wait for hand that you know you will be a favorite.

I'll see everyone at Foxwoods...

kinger