Interesting ITM Situation

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YOU SHOULD BE PLAYING FOR 2ND! Man if you guys had a situation where it was 5 million chips for one guy 500 chips for another and 5 chips for another you would still be going for first stating the 3-1 payout ratio. You are down more than 5-1 on chips and are ahead of 3rd place 3-1. You are supposed to wrap up 2nd and then go for first in this situation.

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This is exactly the mindset I had. Secure 2nd place and then go for first heads up. I have come back from 5-1 chip deficits many times once I've gotten heads-up. (I only need to win two all-ins to assume the chip lead).

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If you win this hand against both players you will start HU with only a 2-1 deficit however.

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I think you should read this link. It's to a bubble question. But technically I still consider yours a bubble quesiton because of the chips stacks involved. Soooooo it might help you a little.

I believe the correct play would be to flat call. And I think you'll see why i think that by reading this other post.

JJ bubble question

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Thanks for the link. I remember reading that thread before. Maybe it helped in my decision to flat-call this particular hand.

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If you win this hand against both players you will start HU with only a 2-1 deficit however.

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well the idea is that the BB might call and the button might fold (which they should do almost 100% of the time in such a scenario)

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This is a Pokerstars $11

Approximate chip stacks prior to posting blinds

BB 11,000
SB (Hero) 2,000
BB 500

Blinds are 100/200 with a 25 ante

Dealt to Hero: AKo

Action as follows:

Button raises to 400
Hero?????????????

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In the end, Hero called the 400 from the SB, assuming that BB would auto-push his tiny stack and then the button and I could combine to knock out the BB. However, BB actually folded his hand pre-flop, leaving me heads-up against the huge stack. The flop then came Axx, all of the same suit. (My K was not of that suit). What should the hero do now, realizing that if he loses an all-in here, he goes home in third, while the micro-stack with only 300 chips left moves up to second?

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At this point I would push without even thinking about it.

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