Good Push??? A4 Stars 45 sng On the bubble

Merek007 · #1 03-02-2007, 03:24 PM

Last 8 Top 7 pay... BB called - Later I will ask if BB should have called.
Blind just changed to 600. While I have played tight, I have pushed twice in last couple of rounds, but so has most the table. Last hand I showed was a suckout Q6 15 hands ago against AK and A7 when my stack was at 7BB. Villian is TAGish, but only seen him play 20 hands?

Logic was ..Bubble, everyone is in push/steal mode, maybe haven't adjusted thinking to bigger blinds. Button is most aggessive of three on left. To me A4 seems close to the line, but I hate Asmall. I would be happier with QJ KT.. Thanks

Poker Stars No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t300/t600 (Ante: t50) 8 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: t15872
UTG+1: t6325
MP1: t5570
MP2: t2345
Hero: t6504
Button: t10399
SB: t10020
BB: t10465

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is CO with :4s :ad
4 folds, Hero raises all-in t6454,2 folds, BB calls t5854 (pot was t7754).

Fiksdal · #2 03-02-2007, 03:55 PM

There are antes, which makes this a fine push from the cutoff here.

Merek007 · #3 03-02-2007, 04:39 PM

If you were in the BB and SB and Button folded what would you call it with? AK? 77? AQ? ??

sledghammer · #4 03-02-2007, 04:45 PM

My instinct told me this was a pretty easy push, but I ran it in SNGPT anyway, and I was surprised. With calling ranges of 66+, ATs+, AJo+ its a -$EV push. Tighter than that and it starts to get better, but not by much. If they are calling TT+, AQ+, then the push is fine, and you should be pushing pretty wide, but I doubt they are that tight. From the op's implied results it sounds like the push was very -EV.

Fiksdal · #5 03-02-2007, 04:45 PM

If I am button I am pushing with 88+, AJ+, ATs+

SB about the same range, I might loosen up a bit.

BB I call with something like 88+, AT+, A9s+, KQ+

Merek007 · #6 03-02-2007, 07:23 PM

Thanks I'm convinced now AI or Fold are not really bad calls. As I thought they would be really tight on the bubble(BB had AK and burned 30 seconds thinking before calling) AI was probably the best chose regardless of results. Without the bubble ..maybe not.

I seldom see good results for me or villans if you go to showdown with A5-A2. So I think the biggest factor is FE.