Half an hour in to a 600+ 30/3 MTT,

Assuming you got yourself in the same position I did, what do you do????

(or if you want to criticise my play then by all means )

***** Hand History for Game 3149635512 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:18013112 Level:3 Blinds (15/30) - Monday, December 05, 15:41:23 EDT 2005
Table Multi-Table(531053) Table #19 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: corren21 ( $1715 )
Seat 2: kipleader ( $940 )
Seat 3: simonsays ( $1125 )
Seat 4: clevelandohd ( $1055 )
Seat 5: HopKen ( $2390 )
Seat 6: nickc20 ( $1715 )
Seat 7: chadisafa ( $1655 )
Seat 8: Irexes ( $990 )
Seat 9: doublefour44 ( $1480 )
Seat 10: kaylis ( $2480 )
Trny:18013112 Level:3
Blinds (15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Irexes [ ]
kaylis calls [30].
corren21 folds.
kipleader calls [30].
simonsays folds.
clevelandohd calls [30].
HopKen folds.
nickc20 folds.
chadisafa calls [30].
Irexes calls [15].
doublefour44 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ , , ]
Irexes bets [60].
doublefour44 folds.
kaylis raises [275].
kipleader folds.
clevelandohd calls [275].
chadisafa folds.
Irexes ???

Toss it. It's obvious somebody has either Q with a <5 kicker. Or the 9.

i would fold in the absense of any reads,

you saw a flop with 4 others with no info on their hands as everyone limps,

you made a bet and got information that 2 players believe they have some kind of strength.

also you have about 900TC and the pot is getting too big for you to make any meaningfull bets. i think you should fold unless you really believe you are ahead (i am not sure that you are).

i would prob see a flop here as you prob have implied odds.

Cool, just a health check there, I folded and they had 9T and 9J and the 9T guy got stacked.

What about this play a little bit later? I'm the big blind, the SB is 68% VPIP over 40 hands the button is 23% VPIP.

***** Hand History for Game 3149741785 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:18013112 Level:4 Blinds (25/50) - Monday, December 05, 16:05:53 EDT 2005
Table Multi-Table(531053) Table #19 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: corren21 ( $1742 )
Seat 2: kipleader ( $1970 )
Seat 3: simonsays ( $2245 )
Seat 5: HopKen ( $2020 )
Seat 6: nickc20 ( $924 )
Seat 7: chadisafa ( $3749 )
Seat 8: Irexes ( $865 )
Seat 10: kaylis ( $2765 )
Seat 4: LG316 ( $1365 )
Seat 9: lar1969 ( $1120 )
Trny:18013112 Level:4
Blinds (25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Irexes [ ]
lar1969 folds.
kaylis folds.
corren21 folds.
kipleader folds.
simonsays folds.
LG316 folds.
HopKen folds.
nickc20 raises [150].
chadisafa calls [125].
Irexes is all-In [815]

hmm.. risky play (imo).. A 10 is not a really good hand to push on, after the pot had been raised.. then again he was on the button, it could be a steal.. but the button is shortstacked and i doubt he would try to steal when the SB is chip leader.. the chip leader could easily come all in over the top on him and force him out, therefore i doubt he would have raised with shitty cards or attempted to steal at that point.. in this scenario, i only see the shortstacked button playing only top over cards (AK AQ AJ) or a pocket pair (which he would be ready to push with preflop if the chance arose) so at best i figure ur 50/50 to win.. plus u still have 17bbs.. u can easily see like 20 more hands before going under 15bbs.. and im sure in the next 20 hands u can find a better spot to push on.