Small tournament, roughly $1500 to first and paying six or seven spots.

Blinds at 10K/20K (no antes in this event), probably 3 or 4 sub-100K stacks when we get to 8-handed.

Hero is in BB...has J7cc. Hero has yet to show down light throughout the entire evening but is suspected by some to have bought a pot or two without the need to show.

Hand is folded around to button, with whom hero has limited playing time (was at the first table but then other player was moved, did not return until we were down to two tables and I have perhaps three or four hands with him). He did show an early tendency to attempt a steal from the button. Button min-raises to 45K, SB folds.

Hero was sitting around 160K prior to hand and button was probably at 200-220K.

Not particularly thrilled with the J7 even soooooted and know the math isn't truly there. However, down to eight players and folded around, I realize the min-raise could be an any-face/any-ace attempt to collect 30K dead chips from SB/BB. It could even be crap trying to take the blinds...as V had done once before that I was aware of.

Hero calls for the extra 25K and sees a J-high flop, all diamonds with nothing connected on board for non-flush straight draws.

Hero knows top-pair, weak-kicker is problematic in a showdown and isn't fond of three diamonds, having none in the hand. Is a shove to try and take the pot down here appropriate knowing table is in a bubble situation (agreement in place to pay the bubble breaker).

Mmm - I'd rather c/c flop and fold to a shove, reevaluate on turn. But maybe that's just me.

What was the min cash and the amount you all agreed to pay the player who bubbled? Are any of those <100k stacks going to be all in within the next round of hands?

I don't mind a stop and go, but depending on how aggressive the btn is, I'd c/c flop. Given the table situation; is the btn more likely to put pressure on you or try and get to showdown?

90 in pot with 115 behind. I think it's a good jam. you cant really call here to hit top pair and give up the hand. You're ahead of alot of his ace x king x queen x hands

Definitely not check calling in this situation

either a check / fold or a jam and I think you made a decent play

what was the result?

As I look back, I can make arguments on both sides of what turned out to be a shove with a call...my thought at the time was that, while the math was not correct for me to have called the min-raise PF, the math was ALSO not correct for him to call my shove.

I shoved, he cringe-called with bottom pair but the Ad in his hand. Turn was safe for me but 7d came on river and out I went.

With the agreement to pay the bubble, 7th was going to get $100, with $50 coming out of both 1st and 2nd payout.

He wound up chopping three ways later in the evening from what he told me a few days later. Also conceded that he had put me on flush draw and not top pair and that he probably should have folded. He further conceded that, but for his bottom pair at least BEING a pair, he would have folded.