terrible call?

[jdubs]

terrible call? i had a medium to large stack, and everyone folded up to this cats push, he was playing loose and I thought it was worth a shot..I recovered and finished at the final table... No-limit Texas Hold'em $5+$1 (real money), hand #771,362,291
5+0.5 NL Holdem Multi Table Tournament, 28 Mar 2005 11:51 AM






Seat 1: Suhnami ($60,818 in chips)
Seat 2: jdubster [8S,8D] ($29,598 in chips)
Seat 3: luetch ($65,748 in chips)
Seat 5: Gary_arizona ($10,046 in chips)
Seat 6: nutsmucker77 ($12,339 in chips)
Seat 8: DetoxKat ($44,744 in chips)
Seat 10: headturner1 ($14,596 in chips)



ANTES/BLINDS
DetoxKat posts blind ($500), headturner1 posts blind ($1,000).

PRE-FLOP
Suhnami folds, jdubster bets $2,000, luetch folds, Gary_arizona folds, nutsmucker77 bets $12,339 and is all-in, DetoxKat folds, headturner1 folds, jdubster calls $10,339.

FLOP [board cards AH,JH,3S ]


TURN [board cards AH,JH,3S,9C ]


RIVER [board cards AH,JH,3S,9C,5H ]


SHOWDOWN
nutsmucker77 shows [ QD,AD ]
jdubster shows [ 8S,8D ]
nutsmucker77 wins $26,178.



SUMMARY
Dealer: nutsmucker77
Pot: $26,178
Suhnami, loses $0
jdubster, loses $12,339
luetch, loses $0
Gary_arizona, loses $0
nutsmucker77, bets $12,339, collects $26,178, net $13,839
DetoxKat, loses $500
headturner1, loses $1,000

[Chicago_Kid]

Wow tough one. Normally, I fold--too much good poker left. But, if it's a single table, and he's a maniac, I might call too.

Now, in terms of risk management: You are most certainly a coin flop, and you're middle stack, with lots of time. He needs these chips more than you need his at the moment. Third, this guy went AI over your small raise into the third biggest stack. Finally, if you win it, you are still only the fourth highest stack. Who's taking the bigger risk you or him?

[jdubs]

thanks chicago,

looking back, and reading your post, you are right, I think I was thinking, heres another small stack to have a chance to take out, but wasnt worth risking a coin flop that cut my stack in half. If I had way more chips...maybe .

JD