Bubble-like play, pushed to a minraise, villain blew up

Ok, there are six people left in the STT. It feels like a bubble already, very cautious play. Vilain minraises...

How bad is my push? He kinda blew up in the chat. Luckily I got to finish him off when it was down to 2 players, so he still got a prize [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Pacific Poker No Limit Hold'em Tourney (buyin: $5 + $0.5)
Big Blind is t50 (6 handed)

UTG (t1139)
MP (t1130)
CO (t815)
Button (t1485)
Hero (t1410)
BB (t2021)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
SB posts a blind of t25
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t100</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1385</font>, <font color="#666666">1 folds</font>, Button calls

Flop (t2870): 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)


Turn (t2870): 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)


River (t2870): 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)


Final pot: t2870

Button shows A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Hero shows K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Hero collected t2870

[pineapple888]

I don't see the point in shoving in your stack to win a minimal amount with a very shaky hand when your stack is almost 30xBB. You're going to be a dog nearly every time you get called. Just fold.

[liucipher]

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How bad is my push?

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Pretty bad. You're 3rd in chips w/ the shortest stack being 16xBB. You're fighting 1 of the 2 people that can end your tournament. There's not much reason to steal, even to this weakish raise.

That being said, as Villain I would fold AQo. But in a $5.50, you're definitely getting called w/ AKo and QQ+. Probably even AJo+ and TT+. I'm pretty sure this is -EV for your equity.

If I had to do it again, I'd fold here. But I took his minraise as a steal-attempt. If all decisions in a STT could be taken with the mind instead of a gut-feeling [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
It did build me an image though [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

i think its fairly bad considering you gain very little if he folds (175, approx. 10-12% of stack). BB of 100, i like this play, but not now. AQ is maybe the only hand that could call you that you wouldnt be in bad shape against. Why be afraid of taking flops?

[xJMPx]

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Why be afraid of taking flops?

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You don't want to play this hand out of position, just fold it. You're not even defending your bb here, you're the small blind. If I was on the bb I might call just because I hate folding to a min raise when I'm on the bb, but the sb isn't worth protecting.

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You don't want to play this hand out of position, just fold it. You're not even defending your bb here, you're the small blind. If I was on the bb I might call just because I hate folding to a min raise when I'm on the bb, but the sb isn't worth protecting.

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When I'm in my normal (whatever that is) playing state-of-mind I'd fold this, in this point of the STT, with that stack. But I think I wanted to tell this guy I am not giving up my blinds for a minraise. But maybe that statement should only be made from the BB.