$5+.50 18 Player (Pocket 8's)

[Ian]

NOTE: I didn't use the hand history converter because I don't have enough posts to link to web sites (which contain the graphics for the cards).

Hi, I'm still relatively new to hold'em and I'm sure I probably made the wrong move here. The Button had been relatively quiet and I was pretty sure he had some type of hand, but I couldn't discount it being a standard blind steal, even if into the huge stack in the SB. What should I have done? Folded? Just called? Thanks.

$5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/12/06 - 15:48:57 (ET)
Table2 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Hero (1547 in chips)
Seat 2: UTG (1095 in chips)
Seat 3: UTG+1 (1480 in chips)
Seat 6: Button (1230 in chips)
Seat 7: SB (11328 in chips)
SB: posts small blind 25
Hero: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8c 8h]
UTG: folds
UTG+1: folds
Button: raises 200 to 250
SB: folds
Hero: raises 1297 to 1547 and is all-in
thorson: calls 980 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Jh Th 4c]
*** TURN *** [Jh Th 4c] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Jh Th 4c 6s] [As]
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2485 | Rake 0
Board [Jh Th 4c 6s As]

[allabout]

I would have called the raise and folded on that flop if he bet out. Even if he's raising just to steal if he's tight he probably at least has overcards to 88. Don't think it's worth it that early in a tourny.

[uscheese]

I would have called the raise and folded on that flop if he bet out. Even if he's raising just to steal if he's tight he probably at least has overcards to 88. Don't think it's worth it that early in a tourny.

This is what I was thinking although I'm wondering if some folks might suggest you fold preflop.

Too early to push for certain though...especially with 88.

TT+ I might consider it.

[drmcboy]

fold if it's the bubble

shove if not

[Ian]

Thanks, all. This wasn't the bubble -- it was at one of the satellite tables of an 18 player tournament. Playing mid-pocket pairs gives me more fits than anything. It seemed like an awful lot to pay to see a flop, yet I found it hard to fold 8's into what might've been a blind steal.