How hard should I own the bubble?

[Skjonne]

OK, maybe my approach to the game is too straight forward and mathematical. I'm not that much of a I-think-that-he-thinks-that-I-think-that-he-have-guy, but this is just too far out to me.

Do we really wanna put our tourney life at stake with 63o because hey, maybe he'll lay his good hand down.

Exit, my deepest respect for your game and your posts but this post is, IMHO, just BS [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

If I had a little more of a hand, I'd defend my blind right here, because it very well could be a raise he doesn't want called. A more dangerous approach that sometimes would work would be to see the flop then push there since you are first to act.

In this spot though, your stack looks good, and him being weak tight, he probably has some sort of paint in his hand right now. I'd fold and steal on the next hand or 2.

[JustPlayingSmart]

I hate the 4xBB raise. It makes restealing so much more difficult.

I don't think I like a resteal here. Do you have some indication villain cares about the final table bubble? It's a $150, so he should be less likely to care about the few hundred difference between 10th and 9th.

All this said, if he raised to 9k instead of 12k I wouldn't care at all. Just in my experience people that go 4xBB lay down far less than I would like them to.

[betgo]

A 4xBB raise is often a strong hand someone doesn't want action on, such as AK-AQ or 88-QQ. Also your stack size is not big enough for a decent resteal. Villain is getting good pot odds to call. Plus you don't have villain covered, so you are not threatening to bust him. Fine to try this with a standard raising hand or atleast a standard limping/stealing/restealing hand, but not with junk.