Should I push here with 1.5 BB?
 

Do I just push it in here and hope he folds or get a couple of free hands and find a better spot. with 1.5 bb i didnt really know, so i just pushed. Was i wrong to push? thanks for the help.


Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (5 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

Button (t1145)
Hero (t985)
BB (t2870)
UTG (t6910)
MP (t1590)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t985 (All-In)</font>, BB calls t585.

Re: Should I push here with 1.5 BB?
 

Push is okay. But whats important is to start pushing and taking more gambles before you get to such a short stack.

With your stack size you have zero fold equity. You need to start shoving a wide range from button and CO whenever you reach 3-4 BB, where you still have some FE.

Re: Should I push here with 1.5 BB?
 

2.5 big blinds

I push if I think villain will sometimes fold.

Re: Should I push here with 1.5 BB?
 

this was the result of my A9 push and got called by a KJ limper from the button who drew out. so this was the stack i was left with on the next hand in the sb. i had stolen some pots from the BB before but i think my stack was too small so he felt he had to call. i just didnt know if i should've laid this hand down and try to pick up something else with &gt;2bb.

Re: Should I push here with 1.5 BB?
 

I prolly shove its negative ev for sure but you're screwed otherwise, its really close IMO.

Re: Should I push here with 1.5 BB?
 

meh whatever just shove and hope you're live, not much else you can do here.

Re: Should I push here with 1.5 BB?
 

I dunno, you can see a couple more hands here and you have over 90% chance that you will get a hand with better showdown value than T5x, and you have very little fold equity

Re: Should I push here with 1.5 BB?
 

Really gotta push this.

Re: Should I push here with 1.5 BB?
 

BB will be getting 2.7 to one and will call with any two cards.

How about this? If you are going to shove anyway, just limp. If he doesn't have anything he may just check.

Then shove any flop. If he misses the flop, and given his chip stack compared to you, button, and MP, he may fold and you will almost double your chips.

You were going to shove anyway, so what would be the difference?

Please advise.

Re: Should I push here with 1.5 BB?
 

thats an interesting point, havent thought about that. id be curious to see what others think of that play.