What do you think of this move I made on last hand of tourney......

[27offsuit]

HU last week at my NL game, third hand in against young, new guy playing there for the first time...

Chips are about 19,000 (me) and 26,000 (him) roughly.
Blinds at 1000/2000.

With button, I look down at 7h8h and raise to $7000 total.
After about 10 seconds, he says "All in".
I put him on a moderate hand, but I'm still in a mini-jam. I will most assuredly be behind when I call this, which I plan on doing. 78 suited stacks up pretty good against most hands.
I go into tank and think "What do I have for options here? 2nd place takes $100 (net $50) and 1st place takes $300 (net $250) so I'm basically flipping a coin for 1st and I'll most likely be behind pre-flop.

Then I get an idea...I think about it for a minute and decide to give it a try.

I say "OK, here are your choices. A: We chop this $200/$200 or B: I am going to call you. Take your pick."

After digesting this, he decides to chop.

Although inconsequential, we run the cards and I flop a 7 that holds up. If you'd like to guess his hand, I'll post it in white-------&gt; <font color="white"> Q T off</font>


My question is, was this a good move or a stupid move? Would it be +EV? Ever heard of any similar variations of this?

[Namdrahsirhc]

A 10 offsuit?

[Namdrahsirhc]

woops, i didnt see you actually posted the hand lol

[winky51]

I think it was a good move, you came out ahead.

He's probably 2/3 ahead preflop and if you fold he holds 3/4 of the chips.

So a 50/50 split is only in your favor.

[27offsuit]

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woops, i didnt see you actually posted the hand lol

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pretty close, though....

[27offsuit]

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I think it was a good move, you came out ahead.

He's probably 2/3 ahead preflop and if you fold he holds 3/4 of the chips.

So a 50/50 split is only in your favor.

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That's it. With 3/4 of the chips if I fold, I have to call anyway.

I'm still waiting to see if anyone thinks a fold is even an option there .....

[winky51]

Hmm 11k to win 20k (if I did my math right) and your most likely 33% to win. Odds are right to call here.

BUT 2/3 your out of the tournement 1/3 your now $38k/$7k ahead. Which is not a guarantee win of the tournament.

Id take the split, unless he is THAT BAD. And I have seen them that bad.

Considering that if he says he wants you to call, you have a fairly easy fold, I think you made a great move.

[rwanger]

Folding is not an option here. The fact that you have to call his reraise with any two cards speaks to the fact that you should have gone all in preflop (you had less than 10BB's). Unless you've been going all in every hand, he might not even call you with QTo.

[fnord_too]

Limp if he will let you, push or fold pre flop otherwise. Raising 7k is pedestrian (as you are pot committed at that point anyway).

If you are asking about the deal, he made a spectacular blunder in accepting it, so great job there.