$114 - KJs with microstack in the BB

[suzzer99]

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t150 (7 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t1515)
UTG+1 (t1630)
MP1 (t2755)
Hero (t1540)
Button (t2845)
SB (t3055)
BB (t160)

Preflop: Hero is in CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, Hero?

I'm having a hard time getting SNGPT to like this. Anyone want to argue with that? Or does anyone have some insight into why SNGPT likes this if I give BB 1k more chips and put him on a normal range? I figure I rate to be ahead of BBs hand right? I'm not comprehending that one real well.

[A_Junglen]

Why wouldn't you shove?

KJs's showdown value &gt; random dot hand

[AMT]

i have no idea why SNGPT wouldnt like this. just shove.

[JoeSchmo]

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Or does anyone have some insight into why SNGPT likes this if I give BB 1k more chips and put him on a normal range? I figure I rate to be ahead of BBs hand right?

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You may be overthinking this but with BB having 1K more chips and a "normal" range, you pick up 225 uncontested a big % of the time. With the microstack, you have to win a showdown with KJs to gain any chips.

[Shillx]

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i have no idea why SNGPT wouldnt like this. just shove.

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It doesn't have much value b/c you will never pick up the blinds. I'd still push but I would only push about 1/2 as often as I normally would (so about 10%).

[ryanghall]

Why not min. raise or even call?

Ryan

[wpr101]

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Why not min. raise or even call?

Ryan

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I like calling here best.

[b33nz]

limp.

[suzzer99]

Why exactly am I limping here? Do I really care about cooperating to knock someone out this early?

[cm86]

You are not limping to cooperate and knock someone out. You are limping in the hopes that you will end up HU against the BB or that the SB will complete and you can see a cheap flop.

Pushing here will only win you a few chips (and only some of the time) and you have to win a showdown w/ KJs, granted that is better than the random hand of the villain, but KJs is not good enough to push here because the only hands the Button and SB are calling with are hands that have you beat.