Multitable play ... what do you do?

sweetjimmi

Interested on some input on how you would play this.

A) Your on the button with 88 at the final table down to three from 2209. As usual there is a pretty good difference in pay between third, second, and first and you know that you are probably the better player left of the three. The blinds are $20,000 / $40,000 ante $2,000 and chip counts are SB $1,200,000 ish, BB $259,000 (both after paying the blinds), and you $800,000ish. Table tightened up when we got down to 7 players with the chip leader (SB) going on very nice run from last to first. So what do you do? Call the BB, Raise (and how much? see B for norm raise), or fold?

Now say you raised to $120,000 (three BB’s was the norm non-All-in raise) and SB reraises all-in. BB folds. Call or fold?

C) Does the buy-in of the tourney change your play?

Will let you know how it all went down but I am very interested in your opinions on this.

CoreyBrown

Well it is def not a call situation. It is either a reraise or a fold. If he raises over the top of you again, then you have a fairly easy fold for not way to much. I'd probably just double the BB and be done with it there. At least this way you might be able to dable with some scare cards if you do not hit, and play aggressively if a bunch of low cards come down.

2: If he pushes, I say fold. He has you crazy covered, and you can find a better battle to put your money in on and maybe at the min make it to 2nd place.

3: Buy-in never changes how I play in late rounds. In very low low low buy in tourneys I will play dif only at the start where people go all in way to often.

BBC Z

In that situation, I'd prefer to chop.. The blinds stop increasing so there shouldn't be much incentive to play marginal hands.. Given that the tournies probably been running over 6 hours, I'd be surprised if the other 2 didnt go along with it..