5+.5 2 tables left

[Bob Bryant]

First off, this is the third tournament I've played since I started playing on stars again, and the third straight cash. First time I've made it this far in a LONG time. I guess the pond is ripe for mating, because the fishies are definately abundant.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t8000 (7 handed) converter

SB (t110180)
BB (t136373)
UTG (t69462)
MP1 (t104525)
Hero (t68892)
CO (t34592)
Button (t842225)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t104125</font>, Hero calls t68492 (All-In), <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>.

Flop: (t175017) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t175017) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t175017) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t175017

MP1 was raising very frequently, and had just shown down a trash hand after a preflop raise. He did this same move with AJo and sucked out on another guy earlier. Based on that, and his PFR of 20%, I put him AK-AT, QQ-99 or so.

That gives me two hands where I am dominated, one hand where we're tied, two hands where I'm ahead, and 3 hands that I'm flipping for my tournament life. Essentially, with the range I had him on, I was 50/50 to win. He wouldn't do this with AA or KK, I don't think. My M is 4.5, and I only have 8 BB's left.

If I won, I would double up, plus another 20% to my original stack from the blinds and antes. I'm a 57/43 dog, so mathematically I believe it was correct to call. With 8BB's and an M of 4.5, do you make the call? Why or why not?

I probably sound like an idiot, I'm doing my best to learn, don't rip me apart too badly please ;-)

[KneeCo]

Seems fine to me.

You're a very marginal favorite to the range you read him for. You made a read based on what seems like a sufficient amount of info, and made the right move given that read.