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  1. rydawgsw rydawgsw is offline

    Columbus, OH
    United States

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    Dec 28th, 2008 (12/28/2008 12:36pm)

    Ok.. Final 3 of Step 5, and to be honest, bigstack is absolutely awful.. Shortstack lost a9 to Aj to big stack, however, ended up taking 700 chips to nearly 3k by constantly shoving.. He lost the last couple rounds of blinds, but proved last time he will continue to be super aggro and shove almost any two, thus giving him the potential to build a stack.. My question is, is this EVER a fold? EVER? Looking at it now, I think shove pre would have been my best option, so my raise is probably bad.. However, since I did raise, is this EVER EVER EVER a fold?

    pokerstars Game #23337705182: Tournament #130085260, $670+$30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (150/300) - 2008/12/28 13:23:15 ET
    Table '130085260 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
    Seat 5: rydawgsw (2780 in chips)
    Seat 7: fffffs (1375 in chips)
    Seat 8: 8superpoker (9345 in chips)
    rydawgsw: posts the ante 25
    fffffs: posts the ante 25
    8superpoker: posts the ante 25
    fffffs: posts small blind 150
    8superpoker: posts big blind 300
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to rydawgsw [8s 8d]
    rydawgsw: raises 366 to 666
    fffffs: folds
    8superpoker: raises 8654 to 9320 and is all-in
    rydawgsw: ????

    P.S.. Blinds are going to 200/400 within next minute..

    Thanks in advance..
     
  2. Jungcabar Jungcabar is offline

    Las Vegas, NV
    United States

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    Dec 28th, 2008 (12/28/2008 12:46pm) in reply to rydawgsw

    i think this may be a call. if you weigh your options you aren't in much better shape than the short stack. if you call and lose the pot you are back in the step 5 and lose nothing. if you win the pot you are for sure in step 6. i guess you can justify folding here too since you don't need to win the whole thing, just need to make it one more place, but if the short stack is shoving and taking down the pot often you will need to get some chips too
  3. wandigo wandigo is offline

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    Dec 28th, 2008 (12/28/2008 12:50pm) in reply to rydawgsw

    Just shove pre. 8super should know not to call you very light.
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  4. tuthill tuthill is offline

    Bozeman, MT
    United States

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    Dec 28th, 2008 (12/28/2008 12:53pm) in reply to wandigo

    if the payout is top 2 go to step 6 i would just open fold, if youre gonna play it shove
     
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