Good afternoon to you all a couple weeks ago on intertops poker. I was playing in a $300 guarantee $6.60 we buy tournament. It came down to five people but only for can cash I was in fourth position with 5,500 steps and the short stack only had 2600 chips. I was in early position when the third and Chip stack I think had about 13,000 shoved all in. I look and I saw how pocket tens I thought for a long time about folding the hand but I decide to call rather than fold everybody else folded the guy had the player I should say her king queen and flop the queen on the flop and eliminate me from the tour guide and cash would the proper play have been to for my tens and wait for the 2600 chip stock to short stock to go out before I did so I could cash thank you and have a nice day good-bye.
I have seen some replies saying that your decision depends on what the blind levels are, but honestly, it doesn't matter too much, if at all.
300$ GTD, only four players win, that means payouts are really deep! It is fine to just get ITM and then look for spots to double up, go all in and try and take a pay jump.
That being said, I would not call a shove from a bigger stack with TT, just because there are way too many hands we are flipping against. Even if Villain is shoving wide like QJ, KJ it is still a coin flip (50-50 chance) to win. I would also say that V can have a lot of pocket pairs here, worse but also better then TT so it is altogether a 50-50 decision.
However, keeping in mind it is the bubble, I would be very cautions and fold TT.
Also, as you get a higher pocket pair, the possibility that Villain has two over cards decreases. If we just saw KQ go all in then I would probably draw my line at QQ, meaning I would fold JJ, call with QQ. I am also more inclined to call with AK then TT because of all the worse Kx and Ax opponent can have, but in this instance, with the bubble in play, I would fold AK as well.
Difference in stack sizes between yourself and the shortest stack is double, so even if he goes all in and wins, you will still be at a similar stack size so not all would be lost.
Calling with TT is just too big of a risk on the bubble.
At the same time, if the action is folded to you, I believe TT is a clear shove, as it puts pressure on short stack. In the eyes of the shortest stack it also looks like he can't wait forever to shove, making him more likely to shove a wider range and therefore lose and bust out.