Wrong Time to Push?

[MFaith]

I was at about 7BB when I decided to push what I thought would be a coin-flip and it was. The question is should I've picked a better spot to push, i.e, that is me doing the raising instead of calling or waiting for a better hand to the same.


Full Tilt Poker Game #7623142884: WDIAV Step 1 (57400539), Table 5 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:21:35 ET - 2008/08/12
Seat 1: badboy98 (2,115)
Seat 2: crazee55 (1,095)
Seat 3: MFaith (1,720)
Seat 4: mollydog5100 (7,545)
Seat 5: Chris DuVerger (2,615)
Seat 8: JAYCISM (3,320)
Seat 9: MSUDuster (6,920)
MFaith posts the small blind of 80
mollydog5100 posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MFaith [8d 8c]
Chris DuVerger folds
JAYCISM folds
MSUDuster folds
badboy98 raises to 320
crazee55 folds
MFaith has 15 seconds left to act
MFaith raises to 1,720, and is all in
mollydog5100 folds
badboy98 calls 1,400
MFaith shows [8d 8c]
badboy98 shows [Ac Jh]
*** FLOP *** [Kc Js Ks]
*** TURN *** [Kc Js Ks] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [Kc Js Ks 2h] [Jd]
MFaith shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
badboy98 shows a full house, Jacks full of Kings
badboy98 wins the pot (3,600) with a full house, Jacks full of Kings
MFaith stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,600 | Rake 0
Board: [Kc Js Ks 2h Jd]
Seat 1: badboy98 showed [Ac Jh] and won (3,600) with a full house, Jacks full of Kings
Seat 2: crazee55 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: MFaith (small blind) showed [8d 8c] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 4: mollydog5100 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Chris DuVerger didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: JAYCISM didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: MSUDuster didn't bet (folded)

 

[kidpoker410]

at this point 10x the blinds i see nothing wrong with the push here. ure hand is the favorite vs the aj. bad timing. and postflop with the pair coming ure money prolly still goes in on that board. your only 2 options here were fold and wait for a better hand or to shove and hope to collect the blinds or get HU vs someone and hold up. and obvious that his min raise was a garbage hand. gj on stickin it in with the best. ul. but i think it was the right play.

 

[c9h13no3]

Looks good to me.

 

[Mr Iggs]

nothing really wrong with the play here, you had him beat and you lost the coinflip. Take a breath and move on to the next game.

 

[Jillychemung]

Fine play here. You had FE against this other smallish stack, AJo is borderline for calling your raise and you turned out to be ahead when you got it AI. Now you need to review your starting hands from the previous 4-5 rounds and see if you might have had another chance to get it AI before this hand.

 

[jeff0120]

I don't have a problem with your play here. Blinds are starting to creep up on your at this point. And typically in this situation, the odds are that the caller will be calling with 2 overcards, making you a favorite.

 

[KingTurd]

i don't mind the play here either but such a huge reraise usually warrants you having middle pair to that player so they are likely to call with over cards.