Playing the bubble

[Nehmer]

I am a limit ring game player who doesn't play many MTTs, but last night I took a shot at the Super Wednesday. I went through a really cold run of cards right before the bubble approached and this hand came up with 61 people left in the tournament and the top 60 getting paid.

Party Poker Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind t3000 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG+1 (t76325)
MP1 (t105250)
MP2 (t18020)
CO (t29960)
Button (t11240)
SB (t40920)
Hero (t9020)
UTG (t38660)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, A.
6 folds, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB calls.

Flop: (6 SB, t18000) 3, 5, 9 (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls [t3020] .

Turn: (3.50 BB, t21000) 7 (2 players)

River: (3.50 BB, t21000) 3 (2 players)

Final Pot: 3.5 BB (t21000)

Now, with the 60th person getting paid $340 and 1st place getting about $21,000 is it worth it for me to go allin here for a slightly better chance at advancing far in the tournament or should I just fold and make sure I finish in the money? Average stack size at the time was about 48,000 chips I think and there were 2 people with fewer than 4,000 chips whose blinds would come up in about 2-3 more hands.

[jackvance]

I'd camp for ITM and then start playing for real.

[KingLizard]

I'd camp for ITM and then start playing for real.

Agreed. From my limited experience with MTTs (started about 3 weeks ago), I would rather be ITM and then "play" than try to move up from the bubble spot. Having been there and done that, a push at this point will do only one of two things ... push me out or move me up. It's hard work to get ITM and I think jackvance is right.

[midas06]

I disagree. I think this is standard.

[zenbitz]

are you in 61st place or are there people worse off than you? If you are 59-61 then you must make a move to even GET ITM..