I'll start with the previous hand. At the start of this hand, I'm 20th out of 21 left in the $4 Stars 180 SnG. For those who don't know, 18 get paid. I hadn't seen a hand in the last 2 or 3 rounds...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: ITH Forums)

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG (t17901)
MP1 (t6303)
MP2 (t26917)
CO (t19646)
Hero (t3605)
SB (t7806)
BB (t18990)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
2 folds, MP2 calls t600, 1 fold, Hero raises to t3555, 2 folds, MP2 calls t2955.

Flop: (t8360) , , (2 players)

Turn: (t8360) (2 players)

River: (t8360) (2 players)

Final Pot: t8360

Results in white below:
MP2 has Ks Qs (one pair, aces).
Hero has Tc Ad (three of a kind, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t8360.

I am now 15th out of 20 left. Very next hand...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: ITH Forums)

BB (t17851)
UTG (t6253)
MP1 (t23312)
MP2 (t19596)
Hero (t8360)
Button (t7456)
SB (t18340)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , .
1 fold, MP1 calls t600, MP2 raises to t3000
Hero ?????

So what do you do and why?

My rationale for my action and results in white below:
1. My M is around 6.7, so I am still very shortstacked... (favors push)
2. I want to give myself the best chance of winning... (favors push)
3. Only 2 more until the money... MP2 seems to be a decent and aware player. Being so close to the money and shortstacked, he should know I'm not pushing garbage. (favors push)
4. I'm probably going to be a slight favorite or a huge favorite. (favors push to eliminate the other players)
5. MP2 has already invested over 1/3 of my stack and only has to call a little more for the chance to knock me out. (favors fold)
6. MP1 limped and may call MP2's raise (favors push or fold)
7. MP2 might not want to risk 1/3 of his stack on a coinflip. (favors push)
8. Even though I want to ITM, I would much prefer a Final Table appearance. (favors push)

So I pushed. Everyone else folds, MP2 calls and has AK. King flops and I'm out in 20th place.

I thought we went over this last night<_<.

Originally Posted by triple-t

8. Even though I want to ITM, I would much prefer a Final Table appearance. (favors push)
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Push for this reason.

mp2 is looking to get paid, hes looking to catch a big hand

id say range him from 33-99
a 10 <
we push
hes gonna call regardless

note these are not result orineted

at worst your a 4:1 dog
or 4:1 favorite with cards needing to catch, i push this on the weekdays and twice on labor day

1st hand is an easy push.

2nd hand, can't argue against pushing or folding. I'd push because I probably have the best hand. I'd fold because I have no fold equity and the only hand I'm not flipping a coin with are tens that I see him having to make this huge raise.

I'm all about final table or bust, but for this reason, I hate going all-in with no fold equity holding a medium pair. I'm not saying that I've never done it, but i admit my donkery before and after I do it because I lose nothing by folding and there's a lot of poker to be played. I can afford to fold this because I open-raise PF so often that I drag enough pots to keep me around without playing a big pot in a case like this.

"If you never go all-in, you win the tournament" -Phil Hellmuth

"If you never get called, you win the tournament." -T.J. Cloutier