Defending the blind. Comments please.

[StableHand]

End of 3rd hour avg. stack T50.000 PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (9 handed) converter

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

BB (t81713)
UTG (t14863)
UTG+1 (t81351)
MP1 (t4743)
MP2 (t19278)
MP3 (t51386)
CO (t58601)
Button (t76104)
Hero (t47350)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t4000</font>, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, Hero calls t3000, BB folds.

Flop: (t7800) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t2000</font>, Hero calls t2000.

Turn: (t11800) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t4000</font>, Hero calls t4000.

River: (t19800) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t10000</font>, MP2 folds.

Final Pot: t29800

[Skip Brutale]

He's opening from a middle position and you are only in the small blind. Why must you defend?

[istewart]

Nice hand, but I agree. I don't see it as anything you should be calling with from the SB.

[StableHand]

mostly because at this stage it is more or less the only way to get to play a hand. Most stacks at around T10.000 go all in from any position with any ace or any pair. Even with good hands, my stack can't stand many coin-flip losses. Post-flop play seems the surest way to make chips. At least, this was my thinking here, and it might very well be all wrong. Had just lost T.15.000 to A2o with KK in the SB.

[Deelah]

This hand isnt about defending your tiny blind, its more about trying to cripple yourself..

[StableHand]

Gotcha! I'll refrain from these silly plays (except on occasion), and try to figure out better ways to increase stack size at this stage, without resorting to too many coin-flip situations. Thanks.