Hand that's been bugging me from the PP 34k last night

[Quercus]

We're past the bubble and down to 150 or so of 2000. My stack is below par and the blinds are an issue.

I still have some FE though BB has not been afraid to defend in the past with a decent holding. I have been stealing blinds with some regularity from SB and have never been called. UTG just moved to the table.

I *think* I made a major mistake on how I played this hand.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1500 (10 handed) converter

MP2 (t24867)
MP3 (t18562)
CO (t18892)
Hero (t11823)
SB (t2872)
BB (t23108)
UTG (t14368)
UTG+1 (t17475)
UTG+2 (t17401)
MP1 (t8398)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls t1500, all fold to hero who....?

Should I have folded, called, raised, or pushed?

[durron597]

Fold.

[locutus2002]

Fold.

The alternative is push. If you have been stealing regularly from any position, your raise is unlikelyto have the credibility you want.

[Quercus]

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Fold.

The alternative is push. If you have been stealing regularly from any position, your raise is unlikelyto have the credibility you want.

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I really wanted to push here to try and pick up enough to keep myself a factor. I'd been stealing the blinds when the opportunity presented itself, but I hadn't been doing it every round due to limpers or raises before me. I didn't really contemplate a non-allin raise because it might allow UTG to think about reraising all-in to try and push me out. I really didn't want a showdown. I thought about a call briefly to try to see a cheap flop with position, but didn't like enticing BB to try and squeeze us out (which is what I would have probably done from the BB with two limpers, a decent stack and a decent hand).

I thought about it quite a bit and then then decided that I'd thought about it too long and folded.

After I folded, I felt like I'd just opted to try and stay alive rather than accumulate chips.

[EverettKings]

Calling is bad. Raising less than all in is bad. That leaves us folding and pushing.

Now I'm all about accumulating chips, but pushing here feels wrong for a couple reasons.
#1: The small blind at t2800
SB will be looking for a hand to go with, and if you push he could get heads up on a 3:1 call. Pushing a hand like A2o needs some fold equity to be profitable, and Mr. SB kills that.
#2: UTG limping with <10BBs
He just moved to the table so he doesn't know you've been stealing, but without some read on UTG as a habitual limper, I don't like the looks of it. It might not be a monster, but it could still be a 99 or AJs hand that he's not folding.


There's a difference between playing weak tight to stay alive, and making a good fold to not piss away chips. Here we're in the latter case, as you can find much better spots.

Kings

[locutus2002]

With 7XBB you're in bad shape but you can still do some damage to someone's stack. No one has a great stack at this table, and there's likely to be some donkey-gambling. I'd shift gears and play snug (for me that means folding a6s in MP).

[A_PLUS]

You have to fold here.

Party poker (no antes) rewards waiting more so than other sites. Also, you are in great position to either steal the blinds or pick up a real hand before you have to pay another round of blinds. If you dont, push the first time it is folded to you in the following orbit.

[Mez]

Clearly..Push or fold. I'd opt to fold here, but you should be looking to push in the next 10-20 hands.

BTW- Even considering calling is terrible because the only good flop for you is 2 2 x. An ace high flop is likely no good for this hand.

[djoyce003]

you've gotta fold because your all-in raise has to fold out the SB, BB and UTG...he didn't limp in UTG with something real bad most likely...he'd probably call a perceived steal attempt.

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