Hey Guys, this is cross posted from PTP. There is 15 players left, so they're in the money, but still 6 away from the final table (where the real money is). All players on the 2nd table (iirc) are paid the same amount.

Thoughts...

guy is running an 8/0 over 11 hands

PokerStars Game #66048519441: Tournament #427831704, $2.28+$0.22 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (600/1200) - 2011/08/15 12:29:03 ET
Table '427831704 2' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: RealTalk11 (22981 in chips)
Seat 2: mcbunjo (27102 in chips)
Seat 3: suspect76 (20813 in chips)
Seat 4: fanfarrion (35640 in chips)
Seat 5: Aceking23y (11732 in chips)
Seat 7: javiluvi433 (7503 in chips)
Seat 8: m-tijgertje (12098 in chips)
Seat 9: apopurri27 (25109 in chips)
RealTalk11: posts the ante 125
mcbunjo: posts the ante 125
suspect76: posts the ante 125
fanfarrion: posts the ante 125
Aceking23y: posts the ante 125
javiluvi433: posts the ante 125
m-tijgertje: posts the ante 125
apopurri27: posts the ante 125
mcbunjo: posts small blind 600
suspect76: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to suspect76
fanfarrion: raises 3600 to 4800
Aceking23y: folds
javiluvi433: folds
m-tijgertje: folds
apopurri27: folds
RealTalk11: folds
mcbunjo: folds
suspect76: ???????)

Well...your not calling that's for sure. I would think his range is any pp, ak-9 at least. You could play it tight and fold....you do have time to wait for a monster, but I think personally I shove and hope he doesn't have jacks or higher! What does stove / wizard say?

Yeah, I think you're range is pretty spot on. He's probably opening up KQ and maybe KJ too -- I might even open wider then this depending on the table.

I don't agree that he's got time to wait for a monster -- he's got less than 10 big blinds, and even less considering there are antes.

I think it's a snap shove. If he can get in here and double his stack, he should be able to final table for sure. I might even shove 8s and 9s here depending on what I think the raiser's range is, and how much fold equity I think I might have (should have some for sure, since the raiser can fold and have a workable stack).

Oh, and don't know about SNG Wiz. I haven't used it for a long time. Once I made the switch to PokerStove, it's all I used.

180 -- 18 cash, 10-18 min cash for double the pay (in this case around $4) and then the payout slowly increases 1-9.

I never played these a lot (90 KOs were much softer on FTP IMO), but as I understand it, the general strategy is to get very aggro on the 2nd to last table since the payouts are the same. These SNGs are so top heavy, so you definitely don't want to try to squeak into the money.