gotta like the bubble
 

PokerStars Game #10787717088: Tournament #54105094, $15.00+$1.50 Hold'em No
Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/07/05 - 19:49:01 (ET)
Table '54105094 15' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: madman25b (20107 in chips)
Seat 2: TheWhite23 (6009 in chips)
Seat 3: Anchor68 (29530 in chips)
Seat 4: nittle (6098 in chips)
Seat 6: NilleAlla (10537 in chips)
Seat 7: SLIM..32 (7110 in chips)
Seat 8: NormanTMcK (21017 in chips)
Seat 9: dud_ber (5641 in chips)
madman25b: posts the ante 75
TheWhite23: posts the ante 75
Anchor68: posts the ante 75
nittle: posts the ante 75
NilleAlla: posts the ante 75
SLIM..32: posts the ante 75
NormanTMcK: posts the ante 75
dud_ber: posts the ante 75
madman25b: posts small blind 400
TheWhite23: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dud_ber [6c Kh]
Anchor68: folds
nittle: folds
NilleAlla: folds
SLIM..32: folds
NormanTMcK: folds
Anchor68 said, "wowser"
dud_ber: raises 4766 to 5566 and is all-in

37 people left, 36 get some money: i shoved bc i thought the bb had a very tight calling range; borderline or is this just bad b/c sb has nice stack

Re: gotta like the bubble
 

I think this push is OK. The BB's range has to be very tight. I would think the SB would have a relatively loose calling range, but he would still need at least a marginal hand (Ax, KT+, low pp) to call.

Re: gotta like the bubble
 

I pretty much always insta-shove here. I hope it's the right play....

Re: gotta like the bubble
 

The only thing I would say - it being the bubble, the only hands that will call you are very likely to have high paint. So a crappy K is not my favourite choice for a shove here - too much chance of being dominated. On the whole, probably OK though.

Re: gotta like the bubble
 

Your M is 3 and your on the button with K hi. You won't get a spot this good too often. Forget about the bubble, you're not playing to turn a $6 profit. I shove every time.

Re: gotta like the bubble
 

I agree.I would shove here virtually every time,but crap K is probably my least favorite hand in this situation.It's a good question actually.I don't have the numbers,but with a hand like this,I would think we can easily be dominated every time we get called?

Re: gotta like the bubble
 

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I agree.I would shove here virtually every time,but crap K is probably my least favorite hand in this situation.It's a good question actually.I don't have the numbers,but with a hand like this,I would think we can easily be dominated every time we get called?

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Yeah, that was my thought too - if we get called, we are probably a 70-30 dog against an in-between pair or a better K. AJ or AQ is probably the best thing we can hope for. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Of course, not likely to be called either - for me, it's one of those "I'm OK either way" kind of hands.