The limp-raise all in? What's his range here? Final table...

[Crispy]

Dont fold QQ short handed and with these short stacks. Besides you can always suck out when your behind, which isnt that often.

[TCA]

If you want to win the tournament you should call no doubt.
1.7+ to 1 pot odds.
Even against KK+,AK you are good. With AK part of his range, I think it definately has to be you only need 1.5 to 1.

If you want to come 2nd,3rd and possibly win then fold.
Pretty sure its that simple.

[thesilkworm]

Thank you to everyone who commented.

Just to clarify once more, I'm neither "playing for the win" nor "playing to move up the money ladder"; I'm just looking for the +$EV decision here.

I can see that the vote is somewhat divided. Some people are saying they would call and some people are saying fold.

Well i called, and having read all of the responses I'm happy that this was the correct decision. Faced with this situation again, I'd call.

Unfortunately, he had Kings, and I lost this pot and bust out in 6th place a few hands later. At the time I wonderered if I could have found a fold, but having read the responses here, I'm happy that I made the correct decision.

Better luck next time I guess... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Thanks all.

[PantsOnFire]

I fold here most of the time.

When the second big stack makes a move like this against the only guy who can knock him out, I narrow his range down really tight. You are obviously hoping for JJ or 1010. Even if I knew he had AK, I might still lay this down.

[Bankrobber]

How would you really ever consider folding here to AK getting these pot odds?

[PantsOnFire]

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How would you really ever consider folding here to AK getting these pot odds?

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At such a final table, with a solid M and a solid Q and being what I would consider a solid player, I am going to play much like the beginning of the tourney and avoid a situation that could be crippling.

I wouldn't fault anyone for calling with proper odds but I play in a manner that I am looking for domination and not coinflips. I also look to steal, make moves against players I can read and generally play a low risk style. I am usually the one making the aggression and not the one calling.

That's just my style and I will give up situations where I have a slight edge but could be eliminated or crippled. If players recognize this, I do adapt but that's the subject of another post.