Stars Million-Push or wait?

[Woodsey]

Last nights tourney exit hand. Am already in the money ($400ish) but only have 7x bb left and am looking for a spot to double up, the guy on the button has a decent amount of chips and is raising every time it is passed round to him when he is on the button. He puts in 3xbb raise, I have A8d and decide to push thinking I'm probaly ahead and knowing he will probably call.

As it turns out I lost, should I have waited or did I do the right thing?


PokerStars Game #7288557118: Tournament #36312328, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (2400/4800) - 2006/12/03 - 20:04:27 (ET)
Table '36312328 715' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: chopchop25 (87777 in chips)
Seat 2: Snorre (111988 in chips)
Seat 3: JanPart (15080 in chips)
Seat 4: mld59 (148906 in chips)
Seat 5: just1cool (157212 in chips)
Seat 6: Andr4w (33784 in chips)
Seat 7: sjaakfcg (80100 in chips)
Seat 8: ohmaha (225650 in chips)
Seat 9: MegaLuck (73222 in chips)
chopchop25: posts the ante 240
Snorre: posts the ante 240
JanPart: posts the ante 240
mld59: posts the ante 240
just1cool: posts the ante 240
Andr4w: posts the ante 240
sjaakfcg: posts the ante 240
ohmaha: posts the ante 240
MegaLuck: posts the ante 240
Andr4w: posts small blind 2400
sjaakfcg: posts big blind 4800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Andr4w [ ]
ohmaha: folds
MegaLuck: folds
chopchop25: folds
Snorre: folds
JanPart: folds
mld59: folds
just1cool: raises 9600 to 14400
Andr4w: raises 19144 to 33544 and is all-in
sjaakfcg: folds
just1cool: calls 19144
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ]

*** RIVER *** [ ] [] *** SHOW DOWN *** Andr4w: shows [ ] (high card Ace) just1cool: shows [ ] (a pair of Queens) just1cool collected 74048 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 74048 | Rake 0 Board [ ] Seat 1: chopchop25 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: Snorre folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: JanPart folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: mld59 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: just1cool (button) showed [ ] and won (74048) with a pair of Queens Seat 6: Andr4w (small blind) showed [ ] and lost with high card Ace Seat 7: sjaakfcg (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 8: ohmaha folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: MegaLuck folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[thetank]

Looks like a standard push to me.

I don't think many people have won this comp by not pushing there, sometimes you gotta just go for the double up. Occasionaly you get a folder to the re-raise for that much, this makes it well worth a push.

[Swordpoker]

You're forced into acting soon anyway, so it's a definite push for me. Actually, considering how short stacked you are, I think it's a very good situation to be in. Are you really going to wait for a better one?

[Woodsey]

I think I did the correct thing, I just wanted to check. If it had been a $10 tourney I probably wouldn't even be asking!

[Bazzaboy]

easy push

[GrannyDee]

"is raising every time it is passed round to him on the button" this statement makes this a very easy push but you already knew that. You got your chips in ahead in a good spot just got unlucky.