pushing range, UTG, M about 6

[mtagliaf]

2 tourneys this week I've had an almost identical situation come up.

I'm the short stack with 5 people playing. My "M" is around 6. Almost desperation time.

I'm dealt ATo in first position. It's not a great hand, but the best I've seen in awhile, and my M will be 5 in two hands if I don't play them as the blinds pass me by.

I push all in, figuring people might put me on a much bigger hand and fold.

In each case, I've gotten called (actually re-raised to isolate) and gotten knocked out.

Was it too early to make this play? Cards not good enough? Or is it an ok play and just hasn't worked out?

The table was not overly aggressive preflop - very little 3 betting, some bad players calling too much, first raise often won the pot, or had 1-2 callers max.

[hoyasaxa]

This is a terrible post for the following two reasons:

1: stack sizes and blinds are needed. If you have an M of 5 at 50/100 it is much different than at 200/400 where everyone else does too.

2. Everything about push/fold depends on your opponents. It depends on their stacks, what you think they will call with, and a variety of other factors.

you will get much better responses by posting an actual hand and letting everyone see some of those endogenous factors than with a general A10 question.

[fishesass]

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you will get much better responses by posting an actual hand and letting everyone see some of those erogenous factors (with pics) than with a general A10 question.

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FYP

[Josem]

there's a great thing in harrington on holdem about the information required to analyse a hand.

you should read it.