AJ vs. giant button raise just ITM...

[l Love Beer]

I was sitting with exactly 1/2 the average chip stack and an M of 4. (60 left, was ITM at 72.) This guy wasn't a button raising machine, but a reraise from the guy to my left had taken it down an uncontested pot a couple of times. So with nearly a 5x BB raise, do i shove or fold here?


full tilt poker Game #7014543811: $17,000 Guarantee (52606005), Table 62 - 800/1600 Ante 200 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:11:48 ET - 2008/06/29
Seat 1: HobbesTan (60,131)
Seat 2: happyhooker2 (39,738)
Seat 3: mermaid513 (65,705)
Seat 4: l Love Beer (19,520)
Seat 5: msaalberg (49,205)
Seat 6: Pork n Beanzz (10,976)
Seat 7: DrGonzoe42 (37,777)
Seat 8: Schmevel (13,966)
Seat 9: KOODBE (93,984)
HobbesTan antes 200
happyhooker2 antes 200
mermaid513 antes 200
l Love Beer antes 200
msaalberg antes 200
Pork n Beanzz antes 200
DrGonzoe42 antes 200
Schmevel antes 200
KOODBE antes 200
l Love Beer posts the small blind of 800
msaalberg posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to l Love Beer [Ad Js]
Pork n Beanzz folds
DrGonzoe42 folds
Schmevel: lol
Schmevel folds
KOODBE folds
HobbesTan folds
happyhooker2 folds
mermaid513 raises to 7,400
l Love Beer ?????????

 

[Steveg1976]

Reraise all in, I would expect him to fold but if not you still have a good hand and need to make a move before your stack is insignificant.

 

[c9h13no3]

Ugh, nasty spot. I prolly jammy whammy this thing. AJ has enough of his stealing hands dominated, and we still have a shred of fold equity left. Your M isn't big enough to do a lot more waiting.

Keep in mind we're trying to go final table deep. Busting out now, and 20 places later probably doesn't have a huge difference in payout. And people go nuts once the bubble breaks.

 

[Syfted]

Shove. The raiser has a huge stack and may possibly be trying to steal the blinds. Your stack is dangerously small at that level- you need to steal the blinds at least once an orbit to stay viable, and that's extremely difficult as short stack.

While there's a chance he's trying to steal the blinds, I'm putting him on a pocket pair J-J or bellow. Anything higher than J-J and he probably would have tried to slow play it. Your shove will likely generate a call and you'll be down to a race.

 

[Genso Hikki]

God I hate Ace, Jack.

I'd probabably shove here too, only because a fold is too weak given your stack size and a call leaves you with a nasty decision about what to do after the flop when he pushes again. Chances are you won't get a beter hand to make a stand with before your chips dwindle to nothing.