$11 NL HE MTT: Satelite to Sunday Milions, risky squeeze

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Rajten

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We are 21/27 22 places paid
pokerstars, $9.80 + $1.20 - Hold'em No Limit - 2,000/4,000 (400 ante) - 7 players
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UTG: 56,446 (14 bb)
MP: 54,104 (14 bb)
MP+1: 30,458 (8 bb)
CO: 153,032 (38 bb)
BU: 105,276 (26 bb)
SB: 105,185 (26 bb)
BB (Hero): 49,904 (12 bb)

Pre-Flop: (8,800) Hero is BB with 7♦ A♥
4 players fold, BTN raises to 8,000, SB calls 6,000, Hero 3-bets to 49,504 (all-in),

What do you think about this squeeze, is it good or blunder. BU was pretty active, espiecally from late position. SB is probably capped and they both probably get ticket, but calling my all in is dangerous for them.
 
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You block AX hands and the read of them being in danger is perfect---you at your stack depth need to take this kind of action- assuming that 4 get paid not 5---It is good to note to that the SB is making an enormous mistake calling in this spot-which further leads us to believe that we can get the shove thru.

If you do not know why the SB call was a huge mistake that would be a good study point for you-

If 5 get paid we could pass on this spot (pass means fold not call) as we will still have 11BB left and be able to pressure the 3 shortie stacks behind us- not to mention sometimes we just let our villains keep making big mistakes knocking each other out to get to the seat- we only need 1 chip to win a seat. Imagine if the SB or BTN knocked the other player out and it paid 5 seats- we now would only have to outlast the 8bb player to get a seat a great spot-
 
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If they are good players, they should actually both be on a pretty tight range, since they are both in a position, where they can basically fold their way to a ticket. You also have one of the worst possible AX hands with a bad kicker and little chance to make a flush or straight. So I am not completely loving this play. Maybe against BTN alone, but the SB calling range has me worried, and if BTN fold, SB is getting a really good price. I also dont love calling here, because your hand play so poorly postflop especially if we think, their ranges are tight. If you flop an ace, you are often just setting yourself up to stack off against someone with a better kicker. So I actually prefer to just fold here and hope to find a spot, where I can open jam, before the blinds come around again. Or that other players run into some kind of setup and bust.
 
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I think this is a play (depending on villains tendencies of course) that is a decnt play in a non satellite tournament or a satty where you are not close to the bubble. Its a play that has a chance of getting you some chips that you can use to make a deeper run. However, being on the bubble of a satellite we dont care whether we finish 22nd or finish 1st since they get paid the same. With that thought I would not be jamming here because we only care about survival. I can see that button should be thinking that you will not call much since there are shorter stacks and can see you are right on the bubble line (or they should be checking the lobby to see that so they know who to push around) but I still dont like the play to jam. There will be times you are good here and get button to fold but we still have the SB to worry about (I have seen at times SB overcalling a good hand here to induce the BB to jam thinking SB overcalling is weak). I prefer folding here (never call with this hand as Fundiver pointed out) and we do have stacks to our left that even though we dont cover them we can still push around since if they lost to us they would be decimated. I would fold this and either sit tight and see what happens or push around the two stacks to my left that I can do major damage to on the bubble.
 
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