($11) Sorry to post so many, last one please thanks.

[Damani311]

I am either playing like crap or running into a few hands, i will make this my last post in the spammy session i've just had. I decided to bully the short stacks, and well, ran into a hand....i'm concerned how you might have played, whether folding p/f, calling p/f, betting less with the intention of folding, or was a pot committing bet good enough, thanks alot guys!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) internettexasholdem.com

SB (t1312)
BB (t1490)
UTG (t4455)
MP (t3918)
Hero (t2325)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t800</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t1400</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t2000</font>, BB calls t90 (All-In).

Flop: (t3590) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t3590) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t3590) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t3590

[Velocity]

just push the first time

[PTB]

This isnt a situation where you should have raised, its allin or fold, and this is an allin pretty easily.

[EscapePlan9]

All-in the first time around. When the blinds both have less than 10x BB, you shove here.

[Damani311]

well i raised alot, to let them know i was pot committed...i really don't want to get called here, not even by J-10, so i was hoping a more convincing raise than a standard push may take it down easier...and obviously if they have the hand they would have called all in with, they'll call/RR here, so IMO what i did preflop was a push. Is this wrong, should you just push away anyway?

[PTB]

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well i raised alot, to let them know i was pot committed...i really don't want to get called here, not even by J-10, so i was hoping a more convincing raise than a standard push may take it down easier...and obviously if they have the hand they would have called all in with, they'll call/RR here, so IMO what i did preflop was a push. Is this wrong, should you just push away anyway?

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You shold be thinking if effective stacks, and if this is a situation where your effective stack is less than 10 BB then yes, you shold just push becsaue a raise will commit you to the pot anyways, and if you are going to call a push from the blinds, then you should just push as it maximises your FE which is key to SNGs