Two hands $11 sng

[uscheese]

I've been on a pretty sick downswing the last few months...trying to patch some holes...thoughts on these?

Full Tilt Poker Game #13011694559: $11 + $1 Sit & Go (Turbo) (96602127), Table 1 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:07:21 ET - 2009/06/24
Seat 1: KoSS333 (1,200)
Seat 2: ledeepie (4,675)
Seat 3: mortensen59 (1,190)
Seat 5: kiddjo (2,145)
Seat 7: yimhazuki (1,160)
Seat 8: uscheese (3,130)
ledeepie posts the small blind of 40
mortensen59 posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to uscheese [8c 8d]
kiddjo folds
yimhazuki folds
uscheese raises to 240
KoSS333 has 15 seconds left to act
KoSS333 raises to 1,200, and is all in


I have the chips to sustain the hit....and I've got 240 in already...he had played quite a few hands thus far


similar spot...later in same sng


Full Tilt Poker Game #13011743789: $11 + $1 Sit & Go (Turbo) (96602127), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:10:13 ET - 2009/06/24
Seat 2: ledeepie (4,755)
Seat 3: mortensen59 (1,270)
Seat 5: kiddjo (2,025)
Seat 7: yimhazuki (900)
Seat 8: uscheese (4,550)
uscheese posts the small blind of 50
ledeepie posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to uscheese [5s 5c]
mortensen59 folds
kiddjo folds
yimhazuki raises to 900, and is all in
uscheese??

[Jack Sawyer]

1) ez call rly
2) 2 is a little bit problematic, you are probably quite ahead of his perceived range, but you can't just call without fearing bigstacks move, and calling is a large percentage of your stack with just 55 not knowing what bigstack would do. 99+, AQ+ is insta repop fistpump dupershove though.

[taipan168]

1) ez call rly
2) 2 is a little bit problematic, you are probably quite ahead of his perceived range, but you can't just call without fearing bigstacks move, and calling is a large percentage of your stack with just 55 not knowing what bigstack would do. 99+, AQ+ is insta repop fistpump dupershove though.

What he said. On Hand 2 I probably flat call for another 850 because we're ahead of his range with dead chips in the pot and hope and pray that the big stack doesn't reshove squeeze.

[TLR]

Hand 1: I would call
Hand2: I dont think you are ahead of his range, I he his pushing wide, but you are most likely flipping or dominated, and with the added risk of the BB waking up I think I fold it, there are not enough dead chips IMO to take the risk

[bjsaust]

If you're in the BB then hand 2 is close, but in the SB its a pretty easy fold.

[GatorJH]

If you're in the BB then hand 2 is close, but in the SB its a pretty easy fold.

I agree with this.

[Raoni_Poker]

I would call both hands. I dont mind flat calling 850 chips in the second hand and I think his shoving range can be wide here (shortstack shoving from the button). Anyway, it is read dependent.
I dont mind if the BB squeezes me...the important thing is to eliminate opponents and is better that either you or the BB (chip leaders) do that than the other players.

Folding is not a bad idea though. You're second stack folding to a steal from the shortie. It makes pressure on the other players.