My 3rd live tournament

Just got back from my 3rd ever live tournament after playing online for around 7-8 months
1st tournament i made the final table and cashed , 2nd i finished in about 40th place, tonight i finished on the bubble in a £25 +£3 tournament with around 55 runners.
Is this decent for a live tournament begginer? (lets be honest im a begginer full stop haha)

Also i have a hand to run by you guys,
8 handed game
SB: 3000
BB:6000
500 ante

My stack :60-65 k
opponents stack : 40k ish
On the final table, i was under the gun with pocket 66's as one of the chip leaders, i raised 2.5x BB in knowing that my table were playing tight hoping to make the cash, to my suprise a relatively tight player in mid position raised all in for his remaining stack
After a long stare down i noticed his refusal to look at the table and his heavy breathing, i decided to make the call leaving me with around 3BB if i lost the hand
He turns over A10o flop comes K57 turn A river X
He takes down the pot and i bust next hand with AKs to the same guys QQ

Did i make the right decision by calling him here?

Thanks guys!

That's harsh to pop like that from chip leader to nowt.

Personally I think I would have folded and waited for the bubble but at the same time I might have just hit and hoped.

I think it can be assessed with regard to equity. If you are already a chip leader you can only gain more chips, which is nice but not urgent as you are already up there.
By calling you have thrown away all your equity (or is it EV?) and you stand to lose far more than you will gain - as you saw.

Another interesting point as was noted on another thread is that an all-in shove in that spot often represents unpaired hands, whilst a reraise indicates AA or KK. This example illustrates that and it's something I have seen and taken advantage of twice today myself.

According to pokerstove you are favourite to win at 54.7% but with the added risk of busting out I think it's a fold.

In this spot 60k only amounts to 10bb, and with a stack that short (even as one of the chip leaders) your options are really just shove or fold. This hand shows why - if you raise smaller you're just asking to be shoved over, and then you'll prob have to call anyway.

I probably open fold this from early position but shove it from late position, depending on the players/stack sizes left to act.

Pretty nuts that your chip leader with 10bb still 8 handed. Sick structure.

danprince10 said:

Pretty nuts that your chip leader with 10bb still 8 handed. Sick structure.

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LOL low buyin liveaments. Fast structures come with the territory

danprince10 said:

Pretty nuts that your chip leader with 10bb still 8 handed. Sick structure.

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I was one of the chip leaders, the chip leader had about twice my stack haha

Caesura said:

That's harsh to pop like that from chip leader to nowt.

Personally I think I would have folded and waited for the bubble but at the same time I might have just hit and hoped.

I think it can be assessed with regard to equity. If you are already a chip leader you can only gain more chips, which is nice but not urgent as you are already up there.
By calling you have thrown away all your equity (or is it EV?) and you stand to lose far more than you will gain - as you saw.

Another interesting point as was noted on another thread is that an all-in shove in that spot often represents unpaired hands, whilst a reraise indicates AA or KK. This example illustrates that and it's something I have seen and taken advantage of twice today myself.

According to pokerstove you are favourite to win at 54.7% but with the added risk of busting out I think it's a fold.

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Thanks buddy!

IMO I would of laid it down from the beginning but I do understand your call. You already pushed 25% of your stack in the middle..