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12 People left, there are pretty much raises every hand by someone. Everyone is prepared to steal what they can, but can I get away from this?

Table "Sunday £40K 1689808 - 2" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: Lintyman (34144 in chips)
Seat 3: 7jinky7 (79795 in chips)
Seat 4: smurfalot (160717.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Foaming_h (43984.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Pralinen (132702.50 in chips)
Seat 9: PHARAOH (43867 in chips)
smurfalot: posts the ante 400
Foaming_h: posts the ante 400
Pralinen: posts the ante 400
PHARAOH: posts the ante 400
Lintyman: posts the ante 400
7jinky7: posts the ante 400
smurfalot: posts small blind 1500
Foaming_h: posts big blind 3000
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Foaming_h [4c 4h]
Pralinen: folds
PHARAOH: folds
PHARAOH sits out
PHARAOH sits back
PHARAOH sits back
Lintyman: folds
7jinky7: folds
smurfalot: raises to 15000
Foaming_h: raises to 43584.50 and is all-in
smurfalot: calls 28584.50
----- FLOP ----- [2h 7h Qd]
----- TURN ----- [2h 7h Qd][8h]
----- RIVER ----- [2h 7h Qd 8h][Js]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Foaming_h: shows [4c 4h] (A Pair of Fours, Queen high)
smurfalot: shows [6c 6d] (A Pair of Sixes, Queen high)
smurfalot collects 89569 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 89569 Main pot 89569 Rake 0
Board [2h 7h Qd 8h Js]
Seat 1: Lintyman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: 7jinky7 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: smurfalot (small blind) showed [6c 6d] and won (89569) with A Pair of Sixes, Queen high
Seat 5: Foaming_h (big blind) lost
Seat 6: Pralinen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: PHARAOH folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Id be tempted to fold here due to the fact that he's likely to call u if u play back at him due to his relatively large stack. As such your either in a cointoss or dominated by any pair. If u fold uve still got more than 10x the bb and id wait for a better spot personally

Yeah you can get away from it.

Not the worst move in the world, but I think his chunky raise of 15k tells you he's not messing around with 2-3.

Also, if he's willing to stick 15k in, then he'll probably call your reraise with half decent hands. Unfortunately, a half decent hand was still better than yours.

Basically, you're sticking it in with your best hope being a coin toss.

I think you can afford to wait a little longer with that stack.

I think I knew after I moved all-in, and you guys are right, and I'm absolutely gutted now I look at how I played. I was just sick of my blinds being taken every turn, and not having a hand for ages. I'd scraped and stolen lots of chips, and it looks so stupid now. Gah.

Dont worry too much, certainly dont beat yourself up. You managed to last to 12th place in a big comp. There will be others. As long as you learn from these experiences, its all good.

Thanks tank for giving me these same sentiments yesterday after the cincins £100 bash, where after scrapping ducking and diving I joined the final table with 75k in chips, I managed to cripple myself in one hand with a brutal mistake raising with 97 in the small blind after everyone folded to me, and after having 3 7's exposed on the table. Half decent BB hand called me and dominated my 9 with a better kicker. I know what I was thinking, I thought I could just steal, but looking back it was an appalling play. He was low enough stacked to go all in with anything decent. That left me with a mere 30k and the blinds just going up to 16k.

How did 3 sevens managed to be exposed?!

A 7 was exposed during the deal, and so a guy with a pair of sevens threw them in angrily and they exposed. Muggins here still attempted a steal in the small blind. Still, just needed an 8 for a split pot. Curses.

i think his "chunky raise" looks like he doesnt want a call but saying that i think you should get away from it because you know he is likely to call and you dont want to be 50/50 at best here