Q8s button push, 6 players

[Cassidy]

Comments appreciated.

#Game No : 2886236096
***** Hand History for Game 2886236096 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:16564534 Level:5 Blinds(75/150) - Sunday, November 27, 12:52:10 EDT 2005
Table Table 35238 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: jdlangley ( $1470 )
Seat 2: coco4956 ( $695 )
Seat 4: HERO ( $655 )
Seat 6: deanpichan33 ( $2205 )
Seat 7: VINALIC69 ( $2375 )
Seat 9: mazzz3000 ( $600 )
Trny:16564534 Level:5
Blinds(75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 8h Qh ]
mazzz3000 folds.
jdlangley folds.
coco4956 folds.
HERO is all-In [655]
deanpichan33 folds.
VINALIC69 calls [505].

Fairly common position I often find myself in.

No big hands in early levels but a steal here and there has allowed me to stay afloat.

150/75 blinds, so my time is fast running out and this is my first opportunity to open a pot at this level.

Q8s is a bit pants but I don't have a lot of time and opportunities to open pots have been few or far between.

BB has been pretty aggresive and made some questionable calls so I put him on a big range. SB had been very tight hardly playing a hand.

Usually I don't pick up a hand or find myself with a decent opportunity in the first 3 levels to build a stack. Picking a moment to push the push button on level 4/5 is what a lot of my tourneys boil down to. Either the push gets through and a buy a little time, or I get called and bomb out, or I get called and catch a bit of luck and double through.

I ran this hands through SNGPT afterwards...

SB: 66+,ATs+,AJo+
BB: 22+,A2+,K9+,Q9+,J9+,T9,98

Came out at +0.6% EV, seems pretty marginal.

Push all-in and shut my eyes? Or wait a bit longer and hope to pick up a hand before my next BB?

Given my stack size and the size of the blinds am I at the push any 2 point here?

[tigerite]

This is fairly standard, though I'd prefer it with a BB with less chips, you don't get much say in the matter.

I'm pushing almost any two here. I'd fold 32o if the blinds were maniacs [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Cassidy]

Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated.