10 10 in a mtt..

[Ciso_B]

The guys who are left in the pot have 1600 and 2800..im in the sb.. Do you like the play ? Hate it ? What do YOU think?

Full Tilt Poker Game #10311039874: The Fifty-Fifty (77727542), Table 15 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:15:14 ET - 2009/01/28
Seat 1: cqr07 (1,970)
Seat 2: CHUMMIN85 (6,005)
Seat 3: Humpy961 (12,756)
Seat 4: winkerbean (2,990)
Seat 5: nickwang (5,400)
Seat 6: low4show (6,698)
Seat 7: Justin5881 (5,100)
Seat 8: fatherrooster (3,435)
Seat 9: Ciso (8,685)
Ciso posts the small blind of 80
cqr07 posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ciso [Td Tc]
CHUMMIN85 folds
Humpy961 folds
winkerbean calls 160
nickwang folds
low4show folds
Justin5881 folds
fatherrooster folds
Ciso has 15 seconds left to act
Ciso raises to 8,685, and is all in

[buckeyes77]

Cases can probably be made for either all-in or standard raise of 3-4x BB but I think you probably could have accomplished what you wanted with the standard raise. Good chance that BB will most likely fold his random 2 cards, and EP limper will only call with 2 overcards or a low/medium pocket pair. If he reraises you, you're most likely beat but by going all-in you eliminated that option. BTW, I'm basing this on the notion that EP limper would not call your all-in unless he had you beat.

On the flip side, I also understand that the risk wasn't that high as EP limper had a pretty short stack.

[MrDarling]

pretty standard. I actually think 3-4BB raise is horrible, given stack size and position, unless we know villain is passive and will never bet/raise without a hand that beat us post.

[miaowmiaowchowface]

std

[supafrey]

Why is a 5-6bb raise bad?

I thought getting to see 3 cards with a pair and initiative is good vs most random small pairs/overcards.