stupid move by me a a home game

[DavidNB]

I blew this one, atleast I think.
6 man sitngo pays top two $80 and $40
starting chips T2000
Down to three and I'm the button
Remaining chips guessamate
SB T1800
BB T8000
Button (me) T2200
Blinds at 200 and 400

I have A8 suit and raise to T800
BB moves all in and SB goes aswell.
Reads
BB is TAG, new to poker but does well

SB used to be a real LAG but has tighten some it up in the past 6 months.


I think about calling, I think the BB has me beat and fold. I regret folding afterwards as ,as long as either the BB or mylself win we would knock the other guy out putting me ITM. I think I worried too much if the SB wins the hand, I'm dead in the water.

I think I should of gone allin preflop with a hand like I had. I was doing ok in the game chip wise, took a couple of loses when we were down to three.

What would you guys of done?

[SmokeyRidesAgain]

LOL DONKAMENTS

[Wongboy]

I would have pushed. You were in a push or fold situation (aka less than 10 big blinds), and I would not fold that hand. As played, I would have called. My logic on the call is similar to the thinking that you expressed in your post. If SB is decent at all, then he could be raising light since your play looks a bit weak in the circumstance. However, Big stack almost always has some kind of a hand here. He has to be loving the fold equity he is getting with these chip stacks, and would be very dumb to risk that position by calling light here.

[Rottersod]

That was an auto raise AI instead of a min raise. SB should have acted next, not like you wrote it. If he goes AI and then BB goes AI and you want to make the money then fold because BB should have a good hand here. But you'll only have 1400 left so you'll be pushing the next hand or the hand after. But I'd probably just call it and hope to triple up.

[Khabbi]

I agree with everything you wrote, except for the BB acting before the SB.

With 5BB that's a push situation, what did you hope to accomplish with a min-raise with a shorty and a huge stack still to act?

[Hairball]

As played I think you should call here with any two, and it has nothing to do with the cards. You have the SB covered, so either you win the hand and knock out the SB and guarantee yourself at least second place money with the chip lead, the BB wins and knocks you both out and you earn second place money, or the SB wins and you are (beyond) crippled. With two of three results being favorable to you, I say call off your stack let the cards decide it.

[jeffnc]

Raise to 800 is a mistake there. Push or fold.

[FireStorm]

Shove preflop pls.

[DavidNB]

Thanks for pointing out the mixup with blinds. I was the button and the next player, the big stack was the SB, the other short stack was the BB.

[DavidNB]

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you win the hand and knock out the SB and guarantee yourself at least second place money with the chip lead, the BB wins and knocks you both out and you earn second place money,

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After folding, I thought of why did I fold for the same reason you wrote.