PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 2.22 Tournament, 5000/10000 Blinds 1000 Ante (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop

UTG (t184910)
UTG+1 (t122933)
MP1 (t43910)
MP2 (t84984)
MP3 (t122081)
CO (t126242)
Button (t309019)
Hero (SB) (t289831)
BB (t112090)

Hero's M: 12.08

Preflop: Hero is SB with J, J
1 fold, UTG+1 bets t20000, 3 folds, CO raises to t125242 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero raises to t288831 (All-In), 2 folds

Flop: (t289484) 3, 10, 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t289484) K (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t289484) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t289484


This is a sunday million sattelite where top 6 (5 technically but 6th is like $200) get a seat. 9 people left and average stack size at the moment is 155k. The play in this tournament is generally terrible and people for the most part are clueless.

I'm sitting here generally very comfortable with 2nd in chips and can probably fold to cash. Is this hand just a plain fold and let the bad sattelite players duke it out type hand?

If I call and win here, I knock out 1 more player and I'm can pretty much 99% of the time sit out and cash. If I call and lose here, I go down to 160k. Is 280k a healthy enough stack that I shouldn't get involved? If you say I cash 90% of the time with a 280k stack by not doing anything, should I fold AA here even?

I ended up winning this hand but I thought it was interesting enough to discuss whether I cash more often by folding here or calling here and up to what range do I fold.

i dont really like it with JJ. i think its really close, since if you lose, you're an avg stack and wont be able to nit it up most of the time. someone who wants to run numbers can answer better.

with 9 left i dont fold AA esp when you have a perfect cold 4b spot and winning almost gtds a seat

2nd in chips and JJ, don't think I do this.

If they are that bad you'll pick up some better spots to make sure you stay above the cut line I think.

AA is fo sho, KK too I think.

Yeah just play AA in this spot. You can open JJ here or 3b/f or 3b/c a shortie. Just don't 3b shove it here.

Oh, dear Christ, why?

This is a fold like every time. What were CO's stats?