Final Table hand, call push from chipleader?

[bmxreed36]

First off, thanks to everyone on the forum. I spent October focusing only on SNG's but kept reading on this forum. Now that I've gotten back into the big fields, I have 3 final tables today and 4 this week! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Sure, they all had fields under 300 but it still feels good.

Anyways, this is from a $30+3 on Party (participants limited to 99). If it's a standard fold, just let me know.


***** Hand History for Game 2983670366 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:17145846 Level:12 Blinds (500/1000) - Saturday, November 05, 02:25:53 EDT 2005
Table Multi-Table(503328) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: lilabby ( $7470 )
Seat 3: bezzy74 ( $50064 )
Seat 5: raskolnikovv ( $12056 )
Seat 9: poker4mepls ( $6690 )
Seat 10: dudl45 ( $12697 )
Seat 4: Theo_Retical ( $10023 )
Trny:17145846 Level:12
Blinds (500/1000)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to raskolnikovv [ 6c 6h ]
Theo_Retical folds.
raskolnikovv raises [2700].
poker4mepls folds.
dudl45 folds.
lilabby folds.
bezzy74 is all-In [49064]


Chip leader had built most of his stack by coming over the top of people and winning with hands like ATo and KQs so I would give him a pretty wide range here, maybe including lower pairs even. The rest of the table had been playing a little on the tight side.

I started thinking about getting 5 to 3 on my money in what felt like a coinflip. If I called and won, I would have a nice stack compared to the rest of the table and could more freely steal from them and be pretty much assured a top three or better finish. On the other hand, if I fold, I'm still about average compared to everyone else and most importantly, still in it.

So, any merit to calling here or easy muck?

[JustPlayingSmart]

Bah. This is an annoying spot to be in. I'm sure it is +cEV to call here. The question is whether it is +$EV. We'd have to know payouts to figure that out. Certainly calling and winning gives you a legitimate chance for 1st, while even after folding you still are almost tied for 2nd.

I really think if you're going to play this hand, you need to push it preflop. The chip leader could easily have a hand like KT and he may be less likely to just call 12000 with that hand.