Re-raising pf deep in a $4.40 180 seater sng.

[jimmer]

27 players left, 18 get paid. My notes say the villain is aggressive. I've observed him for around around 15 hands and he's already made a pfr of 3xbb twice. He also re-raised my 3xbb pfr around 12 hands ago. I folded. Knowing he is aggressive, is this a good time to re-raise? (I'm thinking he's more likely to have junk compared to a tight player who would only raise with a better selection of hands)?????

PokerStars Game #34632207718: Tournament #207683457, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2009/10/28 22:02:57 ET
Table '207683457 12' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: ahula (6200 in chips)
Seat 2: Mr & Ms Arno (19550 in chips)
Seat 3: jbdb3 (4577 in chips)
Seat 4: yiayia1212 (8870 in chips)
Seat 5: qaqaeq (5955 in chips)
Seat 6: heov67 (9960 in chips)
Seat 7: tjdb (15303 in chips)
Seat 8: BCLoVe13 (5994 in chips)
Seat 9: boloan (5755 in chips)
ahula: posts the ante 50
Mr & Ms Arno: posts the ante 50
jbdb3: posts the ante 50
yiayia1212: posts the ante 50
qaqaeq: posts the ante 50
heov67: posts the ante 50
tjdb: posts the ante 50
BCLoVe13: posts the ante 50
boloan: posts the ante 50
Mr & Ms Arno: posts small blind 200
jbdb3: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jbdb3 [5s 6c]
yiayia1212: folds
qaqaeq: folds
heov67: folds
tjdb: folds
BCLoVe13: raises 1200 to 1600
boloan: folds
ahula: folds
Mr & Ms Arno: folds
jbdb3: ?????

[Jernej Zorec]

fold, i dont think u get a fold out of him enough often considering he opened 4x

[miaowmiaowchowface]

christ no

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

You actually think you have fold equity here?

No way dude.

[jimmer]

So, in the later stages of these 180 seater sng's, i feel I am losing out because too many players are making re-raises. Time and time again, I am just folding pre-flop because of the amount of action in front of me. It also seems that the guys re-reaising are the ones that go deep, so I figure it is something i should add to my game.

How do I handle this stage of the tourney then? Am I calling these raises with weaker hands, or am trying to get in on the 'train to re-reaise-ville'?

[Felix]

Think about his bet size versus his overall stack before debating whether a push with a bottom 25% hand is worthwhile. Villain just invested 1/4th of his stack on that bet. Highly unlikely he's going to fold to your 3-bet shove.

Edit - Need to pay attention to time stamps on threads.

[odlozilik]

I wouldn't say raising twice pf in 15 hands is too aggressive, that's pretty standard.

[RazorbackDave]

You are right in needing to be aggressive, but you have to have SOMETHING. Christ, 56 off?! If he raised twice in 15 hands pf, then he probably had at least top 10% to 20% starting hands. 56 off is in the BOTTOM 20%. Study your top starting hands and have a minimum of a top 20% hand to take the action you are thinking of. Also, blinds about to eat you....gonna have to go all in soon.