The villain hadn't been at the table too long, maybe 20-25 hands, but he had only played about 1 or 2 hands since sitting down. As for myself, I had been fairly aggressive over the last 6 or 7 hands and had won about 4 of them without going to showdown. I had been on a pretty good rush of cards but the table didn't know it.

I thought about shoving but figured there was a good chance I could get called but AK/AQ and definitely called by JJ+. I didn't want to just call and go broke on a 9 high flop or be faced with a tough decision when the board comes Q45.

So is there any shame in folding here?




PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (9 handed)

Hero (t36660)
MP3 (t12766)
CO (t22426)
Button (t8676)
SB (t51464)
BB (t15984)
UTG (t8425)
UTG+1 (t21733)
MP1 (t5604)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
3 folds, Hero raises to t4875, 3 folds, SB raises to t12875, 1 fold, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t18275

Results in white below:
No showdown. SB wins t18275.

IMO no shame in folding, I probably do the same depending on what stage of the tourney we are at.

If the villain had been more active I don't mind calling and shoving the flop.