10 person/$5 SNG.
Button is a tight, solid player. We can probably put him on 99+ (maybe 77+) and AJ+ (with a small chance of a button steal.) I wanted to re-raise to see where I was at and at first instinct was willing to let the hand go if the villain came over the top.

Villain comes over the top me and I go into the tank. Suddenly I realised (and I should have realised this before my first raise) that I'm getting a good price at just over 2 to 1. Couple that with the fact that it just felt like a big ace and I decided to call against my initial instinct.

Discuss....






PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (5 handed)

MP (t3450)
Button (t1260)
Hero (t3225)
BB (t2845)
UTG (t2720)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
2 folds, Button raises to t150, Hero raises to t450, 1 fold, Button raises to t1260, Hero calls t810.

Flop: (t2570) , , (2 players)

Turn: (t2570) (2 players)

River: (t2570) (2 players)

Final Pot: t2570

Results in white below:
Button has Kd As (one pair, nines).
Hero has 8s 8c (two pair, nines and eights).
Outcome: Hero wins t2570.