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Ecomdan
Rock Star
Silver Level
So, I was playing a live tourney yesterday. 50 players, top 7 paid. I made it to the final table and made it past the bubble, I was sitting 6th in chips with about 15k the blinds were 1200/2400 with antes of 200.
I'm in the big blind with AKo... chip leader raises to 8k from middle position and button moves all in for about 30k, small blind - another short stack but bigger than me - shoves too.
I know that the original raiser is gonna fold by the look on his face, the small blind I had been talking to on the break and he was hoping to finish quickly because there was another tournament starting soon so I didn't put him on such a big hand.. the guy on the button I thought might be trying a resteal. At worst I figure I'm up against another AK or in a race against a pocket pair so I decided to try and double up here and shove my chips in.
Like I thought, the original raiser mucks his hand. Button turns over KK and small blind turns over 99 ... oh dear oh dear.
flop comes with a 9 and my tournament is over. At least I doubled my buy in and had a whole lot of fun.
Talking to my friend about this he thought I made a dumb move, that I should have folded and waited for a better spot. What do you guys think? With my stack and the blinds that high ( i think it was only another 5 min til the next level too ) could I afford to pass the AKo and pick another spot?
I'm in the big blind with AKo... chip leader raises to 8k from middle position and button moves all in for about 30k, small blind - another short stack but bigger than me - shoves too.
I know that the original raiser is gonna fold by the look on his face, the small blind I had been talking to on the break and he was hoping to finish quickly because there was another tournament starting soon so I didn't put him on such a big hand.. the guy on the button I thought might be trying a resteal. At worst I figure I'm up against another AK or in a race against a pocket pair so I decided to try and double up here and shove my chips in.
Like I thought, the original raiser mucks his hand. Button turns over KK and small blind turns over 99 ... oh dear oh dear.
flop comes with a 9 and my tournament is over. At least I doubled my buy in and had a whole lot of fun.
Talking to my friend about this he thought I made a dumb move, that I should have folded and waited for a better spot. What do you guys think? With my stack and the blinds that high ( i think it was only another 5 min til the next level too ) could I afford to pass the AKo and pick another spot?