I push on another OESD, but now I'm ahead- bad move?

[B Dids]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (2 handed) converter

BB (t3870)
Dids (t4130)

Preflop: Dids is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="CC3333">Dids raises to t1000</font>, BB calls t600.

Flop: (t2000) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Dids bets t3130 (All-In)</font>, BB calls t2870 (All-In).

Turn: (t8000) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

River: (t8000) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t8000

Results in white below: <font color="white">
BB shows 5h Ac (one pair, tens).
Dids shows Qs Kh (straight, king high).
Outcome: Dids wins t8000. </font>

So it worked, but was it a good idea?

[Grivan]

I like it.

[Jsb]

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So it worked, but was it a good idea?

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yes.
but i would have pushed preflop, personally.

[MCS]

You also have two overcards. I think that adds significant strength to your hand.

If he bets, you have to call, right? And then you're pot committed. So why not push now?

Of course, I don't play many tournaments, and I've been drinking, but I think this play makes a lot of sense.

[huge]

only reason I can see not to push is if you know your opponent is a calling maniac, which it seems like he might be. If I firmly believed that he would call with any ace or any pair, I'd check, but failing that, I'd push too.

[patrick dicaprio]

well it definitely worked! I havent had good success heads up with going all in with this type of hand so take my words with a grain of salt but I would rather have the A5. In fact i made this exact play today in a home game and got busted.

one thing in your favor is that you have two overcards to the board so this is a different situation than just going all in with a mere draw.

Pat

[fnurt]

I would rather not have the A5 because I wouldn't want to have to call this bet. Seems to me if you're going to call an all-in bet on a flop this scary, with nothing but ace high, you should go all-in before the flop and trust that ace to see you through.

I actually would have thought KQ was favored over A5 on this flop, but A5 is a razor-thin 51-49 favorite. Be that as it may, the substantial chance of inducing a fold makes your flop bet clearly correct. Most of us have bluffed at a flop with far less.