Satellite- No idea how to play this spot

[redsoxsalty]

Ten players left with 4 seats available and I'm 3rd in chips. Villain seems pretty solid.

I don't normally play many satellites, so I'm not familiar with the nuances of playing them. Is there any reason to play this differently from a standard MTT?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Button (t6305)
SB (t4505)
Hero (t8785)
UTG (t3590)
MP (t10650)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t800</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero ???

[Bond18]

Knowing the other players stacks would be relevant, but it doesn't look like your big enough to fold into seat.

Shove this.

[Crash0veride]

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it doesn't look like your big enough to fold into seat.

Shove this.

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[JammyDodga]

Without this being a sat this is a shove.

The fact it is makes this more of a shove if you ask me.

1. You've got more FE, because you have him covered and he wont want to risk his stack against you.
2. You don't want to get cute with this hand and re-raise, and then have a tough decision in a big pot against another big stack.
3. You need to accumulate chips still, and you are well ahead of his range, so a call is bad.

[HoyleGoneFishin]

Yeah in fact there's yet another reason to shove. The villain is one of your biggest enemies: those with a few fewer chips than you. You do NOT want to give him chips easily.

Regardless though, it looks like you need to keep accumulating to win this satellite so unless the other table looks like:

9k
1k
2k
1.5k
800

I'd say it's a pretty clear shove.

[levAA]

Another reason to shove is, that you show strength in defending your blind. If he folds - most likely he will fold - he will attack your BB with more care.

If he calls you will be most of the time a favorite - and if you win - you can sit back - get a beer - and watch the others struggle while you fall into a seat.