KJo, good hand to push with? @ final table again with 6 people left

[gambelero2]

You ran into ace king, tough luck. A lot depends on the situation. Here are some other factors:

Is there an ante?
**If there is you have a lot more incentive to push allin (no in this case, must have been party or pokerroom not stars)?

Have you overraised your natural percentage with these players.
***If you have you have more chance of being called by kq, aj or a small pair, all hands that have you beat badly or put you in coin flip jeopardy. If you've played really tough and shown (called or not) big hands then you have a much greater chance of getting through.

Are the big stacks aggressively hunting down the small stacks?
***If overly so, you have a chance of getting called by a weaker hand like qj or k10. If the big stacks are resting waiting for the other guys to break each other, then you have a bigger chance of getting a steal, but little chance of being called by a one out hand like those above.

Have they seen how you played a big hand?
***Let's say you raised the minimum with kk and showed them a big hand. Then you might try a minimum raise here. It seems strange, but at this point in a tourney if someone has a really big hand, they don't usually just bust it all in. If they're stealing they'll usually jam it all in. The other players would probably fear a minimum raise more than an all in. Someone with KQ might even call, then release for a post flop bet when blanks flop.

Generally, I agree with the push advocates more than the wait advocates. Until you get the big bumps from 4 to 3 and then 3 to 2, it doesn't pay to wait on a smaller stack blinding out. The payouts go way up from 4 on. Playing for the minimum payout is rarely correct.