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 Strange situation occurred last Saturday in the Absolute 100k $215 buy in tourney, Mark Seif was all-in on his big blind ($500 bounty paid to the person knocking him out). Chip leader at the table is UTG and goes all-in instantly, theres about 200 people left in and 54 get paid, Im next to act and got dealt a lowly 5c 5d and was left with a difficult decision (I was looking to double up and the $500 was very tempting). The rest of the table had been playing pretty tightly, but I had very little info on the guy UTG (he'd only just been moved there). I had a slightly below average stack of 11k, blinds were 150/300.
 What are your thoughts?

My thoughts are that you are probably up against two people with overcards (or better) for the bounty and you are 50-50 against UTG at best. To be 50-50 for the bounty you need one the players to have a lower card than you and both players to share a card.


I fold.

I'd fold straightaway.

Did you buy-in direct or qualify via a satellite?

I ask because if you're buying into $200 comps then a $500 bounty shouldn't have that big an influence on your decision-making.  You're in reasonable shape in with regards to stack size/blinds and you're going to be either beaten already or facing upto 4 overcards, so probably not even a coin-flip, making it an easy fold for me.

If you'd got in via a satellite so that the $500 was significant to you then maybe you feel its worth a shot.  I'd still want a better situation than that though to gamble for it.

Sheriff

Unless you got in this event for peanuts and you fancy a gamble for $500
this is a clear fold.

             Neves.

yep...I wouldn't care about the 500 if I bought in for 200.