Two Bubble Hands for Review and Comment

[EasilyFound]

$11 SNG. The first hand I was getting great odds w/small suited connectors. Do the increased odds make it worthwhile to play? And the second is an auto push or does the small stack getting buzzed by the blinds make this not an auto push? How to play when the short stack is about to be crippled by the blinds without doubling up always seems to elude me.

***** Hand History for Game 2349720883 *****
400/800 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 13858567) - Tue Jul 12 00:15:41 EDT 2005
Table Table 35306 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: Boogie711 (966)
Seat 3: grazer112 (846)
Seat 7: EasilyFound (1690)
Seat 10: jkang15 (4498)
EasilyFound posts small blind (200)
jkang15 posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to EasilyFound [ 7d, 6d ]
Boogie711 raises (800) to 800
grazer112 folds.
EasilyFound ????

***** Hand History for Game 2349727398 *****
400/800 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 13858567) - Tue Jul 12 00:16:44 EDT 2005
Table Table 35306 (Real Money) -- Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: Boogie711 (1766)
Seat 3: grazer112 (846)
Seat 7: EasilyFound (1490)
Seat 10: jkang15 (3898)
Boogie711 posts small blind (200)
grazer112 posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to EasilyFound [ Th, Td ]
EasilyFound ?????

[lastchance]

1. Fold.
2. Push.

[durron597]

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1. Fold.
2. Push.

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[Insomnia]

I think your 2nd hand is too good to lay down, the other players wont get involved without good hands if you push here.

[45suited]

1. Fold.
2. Push.

I vote this for easiest bubble post ever. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Nottom]

This would be much more interesting if you were the bigstack in hand 1.

[EasilyFound]

Thanks folks. Just wanted to make sure that I played these hands correctly. Folded the first. Pushed the second. Ran into JJ in number two. But that's poker.

[mmbt0ne]

Let's say it's folded to hero in hand 1. Do you push 76s against the super big-stack with 2 other opponents shortstacked?

I know I don't, but I'm usually wrong about these pushing situations, so that's why I ask.

[EasilyFound]

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Let's say it's folded to hero in hand 1. Do you push 76s against the super big-stack with 2 other opponents shortstacked?

I know I don't, but I'm usually wrong about these pushing situations, so that's why I ask.

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That's a good question. There is a lot of dead money in the pool. Would guess this depends on my read of player with big stack. No?

[45suited]

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Let's say it's folded to hero in hand 1. Do you push 76s against the super big-stack with 2 other opponents shortstacked?

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No, bigstack would be getting 1.6:1 to call and calling wouldn't come close to crippling him.

At an 11, he's likely to say, "I've got an ace" or "I've got two big cards" and call without giving it a second thought.