short stack on BB late in 10+1

[jdubs]

Blinds at 1000, i had only 3400 left (3 blinds!) i get raised AI with 4 8 off... I figured I was up against 2 high cards , making me a 40/60 underdog..so called...is this a bad play?

No-limit Texas Hold'em $10+$1 (real money), hand #1,146,137,989
Brenham Single Table Tournament, 7 Aug 2005 11:56 AM



Seat 1: YoSoy2Nyce ($3,360 in chips)
Seat 7: jonesyMD ($7,270 in chips)
Seat 8: jdubster [4H,8H] ($4,370 in chips)



ANTES/BLINDS
jonesyMD posts blind ($500), jdubster posts blind ($1,000).

PRE-FLOP
YoSoy2Nyce folds, jonesyMD bets $6,770 and is all-in, jdubster calls $3,370 and is all-in.

FLOP [board cards KD,5H,4C ]


TURN [board cards KD,5H,4C,KH ]


RIVER [board cards KD,5H,4C,KH,QD ]


SHOWDOWN
jonesyMD shows [ 10D,AS ]
jdubster shows [ 4H,8H ]
jonesyMD wins $2,900, jdubster wins $8,740.



SUMMARY
Dealer: YoSoy2Nyce
Pot: $11,640
YoSoy2Nyce, loses $0
jonesyMD, bets $7,270, collects $2,900, net -$4,370
jdubster, bets $4,370, collects $8,740, net $4,370

[a500lbgorilla]

nope. The tourny is over and it's basically a big flip game to decide who gets 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

-'rilla

[gabe]

yes. just push when you get a chance, but don't call with bad cards unless pot is giving you really really good odds (like 1:3)

[jdubs]

OK two different views obviously..lol. Though since there was a shorter stack than me , maybe my call was a little questionable? Still with such a short stack relative to the blinds if I had folded, my reasoning was i had to take a shot in order to get in position to win (which i did, and ended up taking 1st) I dont know, guess it could go either way......

Jamie

[daluchy]

I'd rather let the smaller stack make a tough decision on what to do on the next hand when they are the BB with SB following.

[a500lbgorilla]

yes. just push when you get a chance, but don't call with bad cards unless pot is giving you really really good odds (like 1:3)

A 3rd of your stack in the pot and you've got live cards?

-'rilla