$5.50 SNG BB on Bubble

[mikeneron]

I guess I should have just pushed the turn here, but I don't think it really mattered either way. How would you have played this hand?

Hero's M = 5.09
PokerStars Game #11224745408: Tournament #56943387, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/07/30 - 20:03:15 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '56943387 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: mikeneron (1145 in chips)
Seat 4: Beagley1 (1405 in chips)
Seat 5: aa111 (2975 in chips)
Seat 8: Reider_09 (1735 in chips)
Seat 9: AcesBurned (6240 in chips)
AcesBurned: posts small blind 75
mikeneron: posts big blind 150
Preflop: mikeneron dealt 5 9
Beagley1: folds
aa111: folds
Reider_09: calls 150
AcesBurned: folds
mikeneron: checks
Flop: 9 2 A
mikeneron: bets 150
Reider_09: calls 150
Turn: 5
mikeneron: checks
Reider_09: bets 450
mikeneron: raises 395 to 845 and is all-in
Reider_09: calls 395
River: 3
Showdown:
mikeneron: shows 5 9 (two pair, Nines and Fives)
Reider_09: shows A 4 (a straight, Ace to Five)
Reider_09 collected 2365 from pot

[taipan168]

Minor point, but since there's 5 left it isn't really the bubble is it?

Anyway, with your stack size at 7.5x BB you can't afford to minbet the flop. I would check the flop, folding to a bet. If opp checks behind and you hit your 2 pair on the turn, just open shove.

[mikeneron]

I guess I kind of classify the bubble as when I am <10BB and am in push/fold mode.

[badgers]

I guess I kind of classify the bubble as when I am <10BB and am in push/fold mode.

But that's not what it means, and that's really confusing. I'm sometimes in push/fold with 10 players left and that's no where near the bubble.

bubble
The last finishing position in a poker tournament before entering the payout structure.

[Jack Sawyer]

He'll never get away from that A here. You were just unlucky.

[Fnord]

Flop is fine, maybe bet a little more.

Shove the turn. Worse hands call, you don't want to let a weak diamond suck out for free.

In general, in NLHE when you have about pot behind and you think your hand is good or have lots of outs you should just stick it in there.