Re: Fold, call, push?

[quote:bdb02f97a8="easytiger"]45-man tourney, online with a $24 buyin. Top 6 pay.

You are at the final table, 5-handed.
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Your current goals are to build a bankroll. [/b:bdb02f97a8]Therefore, you are trying to secure as much money as possible, every time you play.

6th: $54
5th: $64.80
4th: $108
3rd: $172.80
2nd: $270
1st: $410.40

The current payout at the table is atleast $64.80.

You are on the button, and you get dealt 10/10. Your stack is roughly 15K, and the blinds are currently 400/800.

Chipstacks (roughly)

SB: 16K
BB: 18K
[b:bdb02f97a8]UTG: 10K
+1: 8K
Button: 15K (you)[/b:bdb02f97a8]

UTG moves all in for 10K. This player has played pretty solid at the final table. Whenever cards were in for a showdown, they were always strong. My initial thought is that they are pushing with a big Ace.

Player 2 folds to me.

What do you do with 10/10 here? You have 15K/chips and the bet is 10K. You are currently gauranteed a payout of $64.80. Your goal currently is to build some money to help costs with Vegas tourneys.

Fold, call, push?

What if you had no bankroll building goals? Is your play still the same?[/quote:bdb02f97a8]

I think the most important factor at this point is chip stack.
If you are:
5th -> PUSH - you might not see another hand this good
4th -> Push [i:bdb02f97a8]only[/i:bdb02f97a8] if there is no significant difference
between you and 5th. If the gap is big enough, fold and
play for short stack to bleed out.
3rd -> (you are here) Dump it! You have enough cushion
to see at least one and maybe both under you go out first.

No bankroll goal:
You gotta ask yourself one question...
"Do I feel lucky?"
Well punk, DO YA???

-N