what would you do?

Chugs

This was a hand in the $10+1 pokerstars Turbo Qualifers for the $215 tournie

I have a just below average stack, with 40 players left and top 23 win $215 and 24th wins $95. In less than two orbits of the blinds and antes my entire stack will be consumed. So i essentially need to play a hand in the next 10-12 hands unless i successfully steal some blinds

What would you have done? Basicly I’m the small blind and I read this as another player likely trying to steal the 2000 dead in the pot. I think I did the right thing.

I guess it may just be bitterness, i never seem to be able to survive the close hump in these tournies

my only consolation and really not much of one is that the guy who made that move on me finished dead on the bubble, in 25th.

*********** # 58 **************
PokerStars Game #627733270: Tournament #2346101, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (1000/2000) - 2004/08/19 - 18:03:05 (ET)
Table '2346101 9' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: chugs (8365 in chips)
Seat 2: pthron (5300 in chips) is sitting out (NOTICE:PLAYER IS NOT ACTIVE)
Seat 3: craffe9 (5985 in chips)
Seat 4: MOJOEX1 (15080 in chips)
Seat 5: ToFlo3 (8663 in chips)
Seat 6: ThomasToget (6620 in chips)
Seat 7: silverton87 (8242 in chips)
Seat 8: Lozza1 (22520 in chips)
Seat 9: R1Yamaha (5320 in chips)
chugs: posts the ante 100
pthron: posts the ante 100
craffe9: posts the ante 100
MOJOEX1: posts the ante 100
ToFlo3: posts the ante 100
ThomasToget: posts the ante 100
silverton87: posts the ante 100
Lozza1: posts the ante 100
R1Yamaha: posts the ante 100
chugs: posts small blind 1000
pthron: posts big blind 2000 (BLIND OF INACTIVE PLAYER)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to chugs [Ad Jh]
craffe9: folds
MOJOEX1: folds
ToFlo3: folds
ThomasToget: raises 4520 to 6520 and is all-in
silverton87: folds
Lozza1: folds
R1Yamaha: folds
chugs: calls 5520
pthron: folds
*** FLOP *** [7s 7d 4d]
*** TURN *** [7s 7d 4d] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [7s 7d 4d 4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
chugs: shows [Ad Jh] (two pair, Sevens and Fours)
ThomasToget: shows [Kh Th] (two pair, Tens and Sevens)
ThomasToget collected 15940 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15940 | Rake 0
Board [7s 7d 4d 4c Td]
Seat 1: chugs (small blind) showed [Ad Jh] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Fours
Seat 2: pthron (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: craffe9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: MOJOEX1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ToFlo3 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ThomasToget showed [Kh Th] and won (15940) with two pair, Tens and Sevens
Seat 7: silverton87 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Lozza1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: R1Yamaha (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Ventrick

I think you made the right move.

As you said you were feeling the heat and you couldn't afford to wait much longer for a big hand. You got all your money in the middle with the best of it at the time and were outdrawn.

BBC Z

chugs: shows [Ad Jh]
ThomasToget: shows [Kh Th]

Doesn't that answer your question? You pushed in as a favourite when the blinds were starting to become an issue. Sounds like a good situation to me.

ScottyZ

This is a borderline hand, and the action I would take here would *heavily* depend on the player style read I had on the raiser.

If the opponent seems to be raising pre-flop more than his fair share, a call here is certainly reasonable. Against a player who is more likely to have a legitimate hand, AJ is probably in big trouble because the raise is coming from such a player in a non-stealing position.

Holy cow, hold on a minute. I just noticed that the tournament has a Turbo blind schedule. Forget everything I said already... I think this is an easy call.

ScottyZ

Tilter

Edit, misread what you wrote:
I think I would have done the same. Tough beat!