$60s Is he squeezing here? Am I getting odds to call?

[n1232]

The size of his raise is a little odd...leaving himself T500 behind...obviously he is going all the way...I was lost as to what I needed to do here.

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t100/t200
(Ante: t25)
3 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
hero: t4647
SB: t6545
BB: t2308

Pre-flop: (3 players) hero is Button with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
<font color="#cc0000">hero raises to t600</font>, SB calls t500 <font color="#aaaaaa">(pot was t900)</font>, <font color="#cc0000">BB raises to t1800</font>, hero...

[Jay Riall]

Raise to 500 pf. Fold to the reraise, he's very unlikely to be bluffing.

Edit: Didn't realize there wer antes. I don't play Stars so open raise may be fine.

[schwza]

if he's been aggro at all i'd probably push. you're not going to be ahead, but you're often going to get in as a small dog against something like A8/77 with a lot of dead money in the middle. there aren't many hands that sb will call your raise and then call the push with. even if he has AJ, it's not a disaster as long as sb folds.

[bigt439]

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if he's been aggro at all i'd probably push. you're not going to be ahead, but you're often going to get in as a small dog against something like A8/77 with a lot of dead money in the middle. there aren't many hands that sb will call your raise and then call the push with. even if he has AJ, it's not a disaster as long as sb folds.

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Correct!

[n1232]

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if he's been aggro at all i'd probably push. you're not going to be ahead, but you're often going to get in as a small dog against something like A8/77 with a lot of dead money in the middle. there aren't many hands that sb will call your raise and then call the push with. even if he has AJ, it's not a disaster as long as sb folds.

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Afterwards that is exactly what I thought I should do....I of course folded like the WT bitch that I am...but it makes so much more sense to push here.

[AMT]

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if he's been aggro at all i'd probably push. you're not going to be ahead, but you're often going to get in as a small dog against something like A8/77 with a lot of dead money in the middle. there aren't many hands that sb will call your raise and then call the push with. even if he has AJ, it's not a disaster as long as sb folds.

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agreed, if his range is semi-wide enough the money in the pot makes up for a 60/40 spot here.

[ger664]

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if he's been aggro at all i'd probably push. you're not going to be ahead, but you're often going to get in as a small dog against something like A8/77 with a lot of dead money in the middle. there aren't many hands that sb will call your raise and then call the push with. even if he has AJ, it's not a disaster as long as sb folds.

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What if this was a low buyin?? I had a very nearly identical scenario last night in a $6.50 and I pushed over only for the the larger stack to come along with a weak holding (KJo).

[Limesparks]

Yep, I push here. Even if BB has AK, you're getting better than 2-1 pot odds, and SB will be hard pressed to come along without a premium hand.

And if SB calls, it needs to end up BB&gt;SB&gt;Hero for you to go out 3rd.