I was getting a little punchy with my stack, and the villian is aware of this, as he does the same. However, with one stack about to go broke, and another stalling his death, I was really shocked at villian's call here. He tried this pre-flop raise before and laid it down to my shove. I figured he'd lay it down again this time, thinking he was hoping i'd expect it to be a trap this time. I certainly didn't expect to see his stack calling with AQ!

But I don't know, it would give him the chip lead, though I'd be no where near out, so maybe it wasn't such a bad call after all?

Would like some thoughts on this.

Poker Stars $10+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds - 4 players - View hand 248032
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BB: t1675 M = 5.58
CO: t3005 M = 10.02
Hero (BTN): t7895 M = 26.32
SB: t925 M = 3.08

Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is BTN with 3 3
CO raises to t600, Hero raises to t7895 all in, 2 folds, CO calls t2405 all in

Flop: (t6310) 8 A K (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t6310) T (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t6310) 8 (2 players - 2 are all in)

2.5X raise the BB fold to ships or call depending on size or stack and the strength of your hand and opponents tendencies/range etc. and don't 3 bet with hands like 33 unless you are willing to shipzor it. You can handle a loss or two but just keep the aggro "stack off" plays for 3 handed not 4. By all means shove someones blind with a good hand like A8o into shortys when they are like 1/6 your stack or something but this guy is the only one you don't want to tango with at this point.


Sorry I've been up all night but here is my main point.

You did a good job of doing the worse possible thing at this point which is lose your chip lead on the bubble. You put your lead at risk with a hand that is either a coin toss or crushed all in for stacks.

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