$330 NLHE MTT: pocket 88 deep

[kanselau]

live torney 14 left from 80
average chips is about 35k chip leader on table has about 60k
table has been playing preety tight just before the money (10th place paid ).
no solid reads as came to table about 20 min ago , bb has been playing a few hands , probably most active.
blinds are 8000/1600 7 handed
hero has 35 k UTG 2
villain has about 20 k BB
action on hero raise 4k with 88 , folds around to BB who thinks for abit , then calls
Flop 2h3c4c BB checks , hero bets 5k , BB jams for 16 k , hero?

 

[kanselau]

AJo

live torney 13 left from 80
average chips is about 35k chip leader on table has about 60k
table has been playing preety tight just before the money (10th place paid ).
blinds 1000/2000

hero has 25k and is UTG AJo ? whats your move ?

 

[shinedown.45]

live torney 14 left from 80
average chips is about 35k chip leader on table has about 60k
table has been playing preety tight just before the money (10th place paid ).
no solid reads as came to table about 20 min ago , bb has been playing a few hands , probably most active.
blinds are 8000/1600 7 handed
hero has 35 k UTG 2
villain has about 20 k BB
action on hero raise 4k with 88 , folds around to BB who thinks for abit , then calls
Flop 2h3c4c BB checks , hero bets 5k , BB jams for 16 k , hero?

Fold, BB is not risking his tourney life on a bluff so close to the bubble IMO.

live torney 13 left from 80
average chips is about 35k chip leader on table has about 60k
table has been playing preety tight just before the money (10th place paid ).
blinds 1000/2000

hero has 25k and is UTG AJo ? whats your move ?

You have an "M" of less than 10 and any reasonable raise will put you in push/fold mode so the best course of action IMO is push all-in.
Also being so close to the bubble, the other players will consider your push strong.

 

[kanselau]

Fold, BB is not risking his tourney life on a bluff so close to the bubble IMO.
definetlly not a pure bluff , villain has either Ax , but most probably AcXc or
a hand like KcQc, any pocket pairs I assume he would push pre or on the flop with his stack right .

You have an "M" of less than 10 and any reasonable raise will put you in push/fold mode so the best course of action IMO is push all-in.
Also being so close to the bubble, the other players will consider your push strong.

if you had 30k would that change your decision , is AJo strong enough UTG with 15 BB?

 

[kanselau]

Fold, BB is not risking his tourney life on a bluff so close to the bubble IMO.

definetlly not a pure bluff , villain has either Ax , but most probably AcXc or
a hand like KcQc, any pocket pairs I assume he would push pre or on the flop with his stack right .