1000 dollar buy in live

[Bernas]

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the SB was new to the table so wasnt sure about him, and I knew the BB pretty well. the button and the guy to the buttons right, if they moved here i knew i could lay it down (part of the reason for not out right pushing). They would not play a hand at this point in the tournament without jacks or better.

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How did they make it this far in the tournament? They must of been hit pretty damn hard with the deck!

[Blake Lovely]

At this point in the tournament means right before the money increase. One of the older gentlemen actually got up and walked around getting blinded off before the last money increase. They are just trying to move up any little bit possible, not really bent on winning. They play more normal at other times, but always extremely tight.

[SossMan]

The only reason to not push this preflop is to make someone make a move on you with a worse hand. That happened, so it's an easy call back to you.

Personally, i think this is a pretty standard push preflop w/ the antes.

[Steve Chase]

What about positions, will you push preflop with JJ at any position?

[SossMan]

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What about positions, will you push preflop with JJ at any position?

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I would be more inclined to make a small open raise from the CO/Button/SB in order to make someone "push me off my obvious steal". From CO-1 or earlier, though, I'm pushing very frequently.

[betgo]

You had to call. You could have open raised allin. I guess you were trapping since JJ is a big hand short handed. Normally you have to play a hand allin this short stacked, particularly at $1000 buyin. In some situations you could limp.

If you had pushed, you almost certainly would have been called by AQ. AQ is also a big hand short handed. With AQ, you are only worried about AA, KK, QQ, or AK. If someone had AA or KK, there is a good chance they would not open push.