Bubble play.

[RobertC]

$20 SNG on Empire

Stacks are:

2272 Hero in SB
2101 BB
1546 Button
2081 Cutoff

Blinds are 150 - 300

It's folded to me in the small blind. I have pocket 10's and push all-in. The BB called with A-K and flopped an ace and I left shortly thereafter in 4th.

Was the push wrong? Should I have made a smaller raise like $900 (3xBB) and then gotten away from the hand if overcards flopped and the BB bet the flop?


Another $20 SNG.

5 players left.
Stacks are:

1215 Hero in SB
1755 BB
2145 UTG
1280 Cutoff
1605 Button

Blinds are 50 - 100

It's folded to me in the small blind. I limp in with K -K. The BB has been aggressive and I'm hoping for a raise. The BB raises to 425; I push all-in. The BB calls with A-9. An ace comes on the flop and I exit in 5th.

Was the push correct? Would it have been better to call the preflop raise and then push if there was no ace on the flop?

[tigerite]

Results.
Oriented.
Thinking.

You got it all in as a 70% favourite. It's a bad beat. Fire up another, play your A game, and repeat. It won't happen every time.

Also the BB made an alright, but not amazing call, considering he has to get through the bubble 75% of the time (with his AK v your TT) to profit, and he's not coming through anything like that with this hand. And, no, you can't raise to 900, he will just push over the top, then what do you do?

[TheSalche]

IMO its a bad idea to push preflop vs. the only guy that can bust you out when you're on the bubble especially since you're almost definetly looking at a coinflip if he calls

btw i lost with KK twice in the same SnG last night once KK vs. 44 vs. A7 with a 4 on the river, and again to the same guy with KK vs. A6 when he hit his ace on the river to make two pair ... but i took his @$$ out when i pushed with A3s and flopped a flush against his A2o

[tigerite]

With 150/300 blinds? Don't be silly. TT is a definite push here, anything else is horrible.