$12+1 Bubble play: how bad was this?

[atrainpsu]

This is a $12+1 stars 6-man turbo. 1st gets $47 2nd gets $25. About 10 hands ago, I had 2/3 of the chips in play, while the 2 shorties were about the same, so I stole a few pots preflop. Then villain started making preflop steals (and resteals) and built his stack up, which lead up to this hand.
With the SB so short, did I risk way too many chips here with villain being 16x BB deep? Initially, my thinking was he's raised 4 hands in a row , so my AJ has to be good. If this hand isn't worth risking that many chips, is call-check-fold or fold preflop a better play?

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t200 with t25 antes (3 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

Button (t3265)
SB (t1307)
Hero (t4428)

Preflop: Hero is in BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
<font color="red">Button raises to t600</font>, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t2400</font>, <font color="red">Button raises to t3240 (All-in)</font>, Hero calls t840

Flop: (t7455) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)


Turn: (t7455) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)


River: (t7455) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)


<font color="blue">edited by wiggs - put the buyin in the title</font>

[Collin Moshman]

Hi atrainpsu,

I think you played the hand perfectly. Villain has been aggressive, raising multiple hands in a row ... so most likely he is on a routine steal. Meanwhile the pot contains just under t1000 with the antes, nearly 1/3 of your effective stacks of 3265. Lastly, you have a very solid hand for 3-way play, and you are out of position, so you will be last to act each street if you see a flop.

So all conditions are optimal for a resteal here, and shoving was much better than folding (too weak) or smooth-calling (too passive, OOP).

But even when everything's planned perfectly, the best laid plans of mice and men....

Best Regards,
Collin

[RexWoo]

Just push instead of 2400 but yeah, I like it.

[aSsAsSiN2007]

insta push

[simonpoker]

well played but yo should push not raise