Hand History Help from fellow 2+2ers

[nyc999]

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PokerStars Game #2604287327: Tournament #12716346, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/09/18 - 10:47:39 (ET)
Table '12716346 1' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Babs22 (2885 in chips)
Seat 2: becky100 (2500 in chips)
Seat 3: skcubman (1475 in chips)
Seat 5: knubile (940 in chips)
Seat 6: BillSlim37 (1160 in chips)
Seat 7: S Hawking (3395 in chips)
Seat 9: willperkins (1145 in chips)
BillSlim37: posts small blind 50
S Hawking: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to willperkins [Ah Jh]


Why no push here?
I know that AJ is not the greatest of hands to play UTG as you're only bound to be called by either a dominating Ace or a mid-high pocket...but considering your stack size any hand you DO intend to play, you are pot committed to playing to the river as you are in push/fold mode. This is probably the best hand you're going to see and the blinds will be going up soon also, putting you at even more of a disadvantage.

Additionally the other two short stacks may call with lesser Ace's, hoping you were pushing your mid pair and they catch.

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I think pushing here is a little bit premature. Hero has 11BB's and only a decent hand UTG. Way too many players to act - fold and pick a better spot to get your chips in the middle.