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180 players started this comp with a prize pool of £10000, down to the last two tables with 6 per table; blinds are 20k and 40k with a 5k ante, my stack is around 500k.
There is an utg raiser for 125k it gets folded to me I look at pp77, there is two other players to act after me with stacks of 800k and 400k.
I would like to know what other members would do in this situ' I have already made the money and covered my buy in. Thanks all you really help my game with your advice. I will give you the overall outcome after I have heard your outcome.
 
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You have two options here, either you go all in or you fold.
I think a fold will be the better choice here because a raise UTG shows strength, and besides that you have two more players to talk after.
Anyway that's just in theory, it depends a lot on how the players in the hand play and how you feel the game.
 
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It depends on various factors. For instance, is your priority is to move up the pay table vs maximizing your chance of getting to the last 3 or 4? Also, what are the rest of the stacks at both tables? How much does UTG have? How has he been playing? And how about the players behind you?
 
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The under the gun raiser had around 1m in chips, this is what happened in the end;
I went all in, my thinking is that with only 6 at the table it is probably likely that my pair is good and with only around 10 bb I don't mind a race if he wants. However, the guy to my left took ages and called the AI the UTG folded. I knew then I was behind the guy to my left showed pp10s. It held up and I went out.
Looking back I thought that his all in with his tens was a poor play as he had two players showed aggression before him and he had a reasonable stack. The utg had AK, as the board went I would have won against AK as well. He said he would have called me but not two all ins.
Its a difficult on having a mid pair when the table is short handed!
 
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I think going all in here is not a bad decision at all. By i would say to myself that if i fold and put my money in better spots then i might i have a good chance to reach final table and not run the risk of getting knocked out now. However the other thinking is going all in now and that might be a good or bad decision but it's very close. Any decision except flat calling is fine by me here. So i might choose any one of the two, it will be confusing but i would say both decisions are not bad and that if i get knocked out then it's ok but there is also a good chance of me winning.
 
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He had a stack of 25BB, so you should respect his UTG open and expect a coinflip at best because he will be holding a premium pocket pair often, so I would lean towards folding the hand.
 
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I would fold in this situation,unless of course you are in the BB which I dont think you are.
You are at A point in chips with the blinds to have to make A move soon and hope for A double up,but I just dont think this is the time with two behind.
I would have to say fold.
 
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hi!
i think its an easy decision here
you aim at the 1st place,you have only 14 BB,the raiser had no folding equity.
you had to shove.its a coinflip
 
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Thanks for all the replies lads, in the end I tend to think I had to make a move at some point, I mean the antes alone were 5k. I actually did think he had enough to fold but if he called I'd be in a flip which I don't mind. It was unfortunate I ran into pp10s although like I said I thought it was a poor call on his behalf.
 
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