$11: Two 77 hands - too weak?

[mpfree]

Hand #1:

Villian had min-raised earlier OOP and showed KK.

Is this generally a fold anyways this early in the tourney given the action and postion? Or I should have just pushed given my chips?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) CP hand converter

SB (t1790)
BB (t530)
UTG (t2005)
UTG+1 (t875)
Hero (t480)
MP2 (t820)
CO (t545)
Button (t955)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t60</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, SB calls t45, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.


Hand #2


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) CP hand converter

MP1 (t1970)
MP2 (t475)
CO (t2120)
Button (t685)
Hero (t430)
BB (t820)
UTG (t545)
UTG+1 (t955)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t150</font>, Button calls t150, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

I was going to shove if button didn't call CO's raise. CO was raising margninal hands.

Is the fold correct once button calls, or do I have to push anyways.

Thanks.

[liucipher]

I would fold the first. 77 isn't really worth pushing given your chipstack. It's not going to overpair or hit a set often enough either for 14% of your stack to just call.

The second I would push. That might be a leak though. Since you knew to push had button not called, I won't go through it. But to me button's calling just makes me think "mmmmmm, more dead chips." I'm really not sure about this one though.