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Tough Spot With 88 Near Bubble

namessean

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January 1, 2011 - 12:01 pm

Situation as follows:

27 players remaining in a Deepstack Live Event at Foxwoods ($120 buy-in, 15k starting stack, 20 minute blinds)
20 players paid
Blinds are 1,000 ante, 6,000 – 12,000
Player was just eliminated to my left, dead small blind to start the hand

I was just moved to the table four hands prior and each player was fresh, therefore, no reads. With a starting stack of 95,000, I am in the big blind for 12,000. Action is an unopened pot to the button who pushes for 57,000.

With the dynamics of no player reads, relativity to the money, and the shortness of my own stack, is this an advisable call with 88?

Master13

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January 1, 2011 - 6:01 pm

auto call…

smm979

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January 1, 2011 - 7:30 pm

With 8BB you have to get it in.

Cougars4444

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January 3, 2011 - 4:45 pm

Get it in and be happy here. You should be crushing his shoving range which should be super wide.

namessean

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January 4, 2011 - 2:00 pm

Cougars4444 said:

Get it in and be happy here. You should be crushing his shoving range which should be super wide.

That's exactly what I thought. I figured he was shoving any Ax, 77-22, and broadways, which I'm flipping or crushing. However, 88-AA are also likely with his own short stack.

I know that it is imperative that I double here, but with the proximity to the money and having no information on the player, would it have been better to fold and pick push spots rather than an almost assured flip?

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