final table with a pair of 5's

I did well the other night in the casino made final table and in the money but there was one hand I would like direction on. The table was down to around eight players I was EP and got pp5's I was chip leader at the time with 47000, I limped (blinds were 1500-3000) hoping to see a cheap flop and hit my set however an experienced player who's played for years went all in for 27500 it got folded back around to me.. my thinking was I probably had the best hand at present and put him on AK or AQ Harrington states that the probability of him having a higher PP is around 40% with over cards at 50% and a bluff being 10%. I know I'm a pre flop favourite if he has over-cards but it is really a coin flip situ. Anyway I folded because I did not want my stack to become depleted but if I had of taken him on and won I would have knocked him out he went on to chop up the money in first place and me in second still good result but I wonder if I made the right play?....

Fold it pre flop imo.

As played, I think you made the right decision. At best you are flipping , at worst you are in a fair bit of trouble.

Definately fold it. You are a coin flip or a big dog, no need to gamble in that situation .

Thanks to both of you just checking it over make sure i made right decision

I agree, you made the right play. I've screwed myself at ft's live by picking the wrong spots to try and take out the shorter stacked players. Pocket 5's is much better when you are heads up.

It was definately a fold after the re-raise as has been stated, but i'd be tempted to raise pre-flop. With the big stack you want to bully other people and keep up the pressure. Well played though, any final table is an achievement and second is a great run, well done.

Did he show his hand? (probably not).
Like they said you should lay it down...

but if the situation were reversed, and you limped with AK
he went all in with 55, and now the action is back to you
what do you do? Fold again because its still a coinflip?
This is why aggression wins

It might have cost you more, but then maybe not. EP you might consider a 4x raise with the 55, then if somebody comes over the top, you can drop the hot potatoes. But more often than not they fold out, and your 55's are profitable. I don't think from EP you want any action with 55 at the FT, so I'm thinking that you want to make the only guy who really has a stake in the pot make a big decision. That would be the BB in general, and anyone else who calls or bumps probably has you beat.

But as played you did fine.

uh this is def a fold

To me you made the right decision. There was no point in endangering your chip stack in what was at best a race and at worst you were a big dog. With that chip chip stack depending on how early your position was I may have actually folded because depending on chip stacks you may have to lay it down to most players all-ins.

I think you answered your own question when you said you were trying to see a cheap flop as in you were always laying the hand down to the all-in and it was a was a good play.

The Muppetteer

I don't think AK would be a fold. Although 55 is slightly ahead of AK. AK just plays so much better against his all in range. I agree with your point about aggression though obviously.

To me with a comfortable chip stack, I just muck 55 from early position. If I am short stacked then it probably is a shove.

Totally agree. I never call all in large bets with small pk pairs unless heads up

the right decistion.little pairs arnt worth taking that big of a risk.so next time u play with this guy remember what he did n limp in with a big hand n catch him then

I think everyone agrees to fold and it's for sure the right decision. I 'm very unlucky at coinflips so i would fold it everytime.

Just thought I'd thank everyone who has commented on this hand for me, I probably should have mentioned that the guy who shoved AI showed me AKo after I had folded, so it was a coin flip but I was in front it just his range is far greater than mine and I was glad I did not risk it.