$22 Bubble Play

[Olback]

$22 Eurobet

Cumbakid had been very tight and i figured he had a big time. Given how short Marinastr was i thought that calling and folding to a flop with a or k was a good idea. Was this the correct play?

I mean i want shorty to go out but if i push all in cumbakkid might fold and then i am headsup with a,k and dead money in the pot. Also if we both out i would still get 3rd.

I am wondering if others would play the hand, the way i did or if they would have pushed preflop.

#Game No : 2656776154
***** Hand History for Game 2656776154 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:15463764 Level:5 Blinds(75/150) - Monday, September 05, 03:30:41 EDT 2005
Table Table 14106 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: cumbakkid ( $3110 )
Seat 3: marinastr ( $440 )
Seat 5: Olback1 ( $2745 )
Seat 9: slow777 ( $1705 )
Trny:15463764 Level:5
Blinds(75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Olback1 [ Kd Ah ]
cumbakkid raises [600].
marinastr is all-In [440]
>You have options at Table 14516 Table!.
Your time bank will become active in less than 20 seconds. If you do not want it to be used, please act now.
Olback1 calls [525].
slow777 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4d, 8d, 7c ]
Olback1 checks.
cumbakkid is all-In [2510]
Olback1 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6h ]
cumbakkid shows [ Qc, Qs ] a pair of queens.
marinastr shows [ Kc, Ac ] high card ace.
cumbakkid wins 2830 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of queens.
cumbakkid wins 1470 chips from the main pot with a pair of queens.
marinastr finished in fourth place.
>You have options at Table 14516 Table!.
marinastr has left the table.
Game #2656779547 starts.

[durron597]

I think you played this hand perfectly against a tight opponent.

[kevkev60614]

Looks right to me.

you definately made the right play here, you really can't hope to be a huge favorite here, I guess AQ isn't completely out of the question, but you gotta figure its a coinflip at best. By just calling, obviously you aren't getting paid anymore if an A or a K comes if he is tight, but the post-flop play should be really straight forward (barring an AQx cold-decking). By just calling you give yourself a great shot at both knocking out the short stack, and adding some good chips going into overtime. However, you also leave yourself some chips to play if you miss as you did. all in all, flawless play imo