3 Legends of Poker $540 satellite hands (primarily last one)

[elcheapo]

Played in 3 of these satellites and almost made it in the last one (1 in 10 got seats).

1. AAs (1st hand of 2nd tournament Blinds 25/25 w/ 2000 stack), EP limper and I make it 150 to go. 4 to the flop of K6s7s. Check, bet 500, fold, fold Ep who looks like a intelligent wily vet slams his stack with one hand very quickly. 1350 to win 4400. Y/N??

2. Grinded down to 1200 with 100 ante and 200/400 blinds. UTG raises for the 4th time to 1200 in 12 hands and I call with 9s10s in mp. Y/N??

3. 27 left (24 get seats) I am one of the 5 smallest stacks w/ 8200 and 1k-2k blinds 300 ante (blinds to move to 1500-3k 500) ante within a few minutes. Short stack to my right who was down to 3500 tripled up when she made a flush on the turn. I get AsQs and push utg after the player to my left had been warning me to not voluntarily put money in the pot without AA or KK. Y/NO??

[ekky]

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1. AAs (1st hand of 2nd tournament Blinds 25/25 w/ 2000 stack), EP limper and I make it 150 to go. 4 to the flop of K6s7s. Check, bet 500, fold, fold Ep who looks like a intelligent wily vet slams his stack with one hand very quickly. 1350 to win 4400. Y/N??

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Y

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2. Grinded down to 1200 with 100 ante and 200/400 blinds. UTG raises for the 4th time to 1200 in 12 hands and I call with 9s10s in mp. Y/N??

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Y

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3. 27 left (24 get seats) I am one of the 5 smallest stacks w/ 8200 and 1k-2k blinds 300 ante (blinds to move to 1500-3k 500) ante within a few minutes. Short stack to my right who was down to 3500 tripled up when she made a flush on the turn. I get AsQs and push utg after the player to my left had been warning me to not voluntarily put money in the pot without AA or KK. Y/NO??

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hmmmmmm... id say Y, although it depends on your relative position to the other short-stacks. Confidence level in winning a blind race here?? Still think you likely need to pad your stack, although I am hovering between Y and N.

[locutus2002]

1. Y but its 1350 to win ~2600 or getting 2:1. If villain has 2pr you're about even (given the pot odds). I think Kx of spades is most likely.

2. N BB should call and you are unlikely to be 1/3 in the pot. Better off pushing any two with no one in.

3. Y Easy push, once the blinds pass you will have 2 1/4 XBB left and will not survive an orbit. I wouldn't count on losing 3 players in your 9 hands left unless they're all on death row. Pushing is probably close to a coin toss to win a seat if you get called.

[elcheapo]

On #2, what about the 1000 in antes that are dead in the pot. Also AK vs 77 and 910 suited is exactly a 1/3 chance of winning.

[ekky]

dead anti vs likely dead blinds offers you very seductive pot-odds.

I think its a clear call