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I’m in my normal live $210 tournament. We’ve been playing for about 6 hours and I have about $60K while blinds are $1500 and $3000 with a $300 ante.

I’m in the big blind and am dealt :8c4: :2s4:

As usual, a limp fest kicks off as 5 players limp into the pot – including the button who had at least $350K , a stack that proved to be at least a 3:1 chip lead – and he was still limping in every hand….sigh! I check my option.

Pot - $24K

Flop - :8s4: :7d4: :2h4:

The SB then moves all-in for $40K.

I don’t really want to call here – I think there are better spots and we all know that you should never lose all your chips in an un-raised pot, but I know immediately that he either has 9 10 or 5 6 – maybe a set, but the only draw available is the most probable.

I call because I don’t know how to get away from that – I knew I was a 60% + favorite.

I was right, not that it was even hard, and he shows :9c4: :10h4:

On the upside, at least the :jh4: hit the turn instead of the river – I received no help on the river and thus lost 65% of my stack at the worst possible time and busted 20 minutes later.

Obviously I think this was just unlucky, however, should I have folded the flop?
 
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I couldn't fold here even with everyone left to act behind.
 
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better spots? you don't get many better spots than this. you have around 16bb after you account for antes, two pair more than qualifies. plus i doubt many players other than complete novices would just shove here with better than your hand.

also try not to post results in here, they really don't mean anything, and it might skew peoples answers.
 
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Shove all-in over the top, your read was good and you want to go heads up against the small blind. A call was good too, but the big stack on the button might come along for 40k which would decrease your equity, Better to shove in that spot.
 
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Hindsight is always 20-20, and of course you are thinking afterwards "If I could've folded that I still would've been in that..."

In the big picture, that's the right play. People could be shoving A8, pocket 5s, pocket jacks even, so many hands that you are beating. Just unfortunate
 
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Shove all-in over the top, your read was good and you want to go heads up against the small blind. A call was good too, but the big stack on the button might come along for 40k which would decrease your equity, Better to shove in that spot.

Just a quick note on this one. I screwed up my OP – I did shove over the top, I didn’t smooth call with 3 players left to act – details huh?
 
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Just a quick note on this one. I screwed up my OP – I did shove over the top, I didn’t smooth call with 3 players left to act – details huh?

In that case you played the hand great, you have to try not to be results orientated. Well played :congrats:
 
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I’m in my normal live $210 tournament. We’ve been playing for about 6 hours and I have about $60K while blinds are $1500 and $3000 with a $300 ante.

I’m in the big blind and am dealt :8c4: :2s4:

As usual, a limp fest kicks off as 5 players limp into the pot – including the button who had at least $350K , a stack that proved to be at least a 3:1 chip lead – and he was still limping in every hand….sigh! I check my option.

Pot - $24K

Flop - :8s4: :7d4: :2h4:

The SB then moves all-in for $40K.

I don’t really want to call here – I think there are better spots and we all know that you should never lose all your chips in an un-raised pot, but I know immediately that he either has 9 10 or 5 6 – maybe a set, but the only draw available is the most probable.

I call because I don’t know how to get away from that – I knew I was a 60% + favorite.

I was right, not that it was even hard, and he shows :9c4: :10h4:

On the upside, at least the :jh4: hit the turn instead of the river – I received no help on the river and thus lost 65% of my stack at the worst possible time and busted 20 minutes later.

Obviously I think this was just unlucky, however, should I have folded the flop?
I would have played the same way ...i dont think u can fold this BB special :)
 
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That's a GG Buddy. I don't think many people are going to fold in this spot. Brush it off and move on to the next one. Don't let the results get you down.
 
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