I tried out the new PS 3-table SNGs. After 1.5 hours, we're down to 6 players. Top 5 pay. The blinds are 300/600, with a 50 ante. Here are the approximate chip stacks:

SB = 15,000
BB = 2,500
UTG (me) = 3,500
UTG+1 = 800
CO = 17,500
Button = 3,500

I get dealt JJ. I hate this hand. I'm right on the bubble. I obviously can't lay it down. I have to come in for a raise, and given the blinds relative to my stack, that means going all in. I know I'm going to be called by at least one player, and it's going to by someone with at least one overcard, which means that I'm probably going to be about a 60/40 favorite, if I'm lucky enough to see this flop heads up. That's a solid edge, but not as much as I'd like to see with the money so close and a very short stack to my left. So I bite the bullet and push.

Everyone folds to the SB. He's a very loose, very aggressive player. He calls, and flips over Q8o. It's the best matchup I could possibly hope for in this situation aside from an underpair... I'm now about 75/25 favorite.

Then the flop comes down Q 8 x, and couple of hours of hard work go down the drain.

I know I got unlucky, and that's poker. But did I at least reason and play my hand correctly? Did I have to put all my chips at risk before the flop given the blinds? Or was some restraint in order given the very short stack to my left and the money being so close?

I would have folded this. Just because UTG+1 probably won't make the next two hands.

you played it right I think, 5th doesnt pay shit anyway.

i really like the new 3 table sngs...blinds aren't usually up this high with 6 people still left. most of the time there are maybe only three or four players left at this point, although i guess most of this table is pretty close to done. the blinds do get to be very big, but overall i still like these sngs and this one appears to have run a bit slower than most.

that said, i agree with your play here. 5th really doesn't pay much, and if you double up here, you're in a solid third and are actually almost a threat to the top two spots. with 7000 in chips they can't comfortably call a push from you and you have a lot more room to try to steal blinds and stuff to get more chips. plus you could have even tripled up this hand, putting you in even better shape. bad luck about the guy flopping two pair.

This doesn't actually have that much to do with the hand but losing a hand like this is what tilts me. I think I'm taking a more conservative style here to save my sanity Fold, pick up 4th/5th and have your buyin for the next one covered.

I've folded the hand before in a four-table SnG and regretted it afterwards, I did make the money because of the fold, but I had a great chance to double up when I found out the other two who went in had 5-5 and 8-8. But, there were only two people (including me) in all in mode at the time, in your case I would've folded with the same logic someone else used about UTG+1 not lasting one more round.