Runner-Runner-Rebuy

I got pretty deep in the Full Tilt 16K KO last night. Finished in 14th, which sucks. I hate getting so close to the big money and ending up with a few hundred instead.

With 5 or so tables left, I noticed Kajagugu was still in it as well, and we railed each other a bit, which was fun, and helped keep me aware at 3AM. We got put at the same table when it was down to 18, and she ultimately went out in 17th with AQ vs. AK. I don't really blame her for the call, and she has a good write of up of it, so go check it out when your done here.

I just noticed I refer to Kaja as a she, when in I don't really know if he/she is male or female. For some reason Kajagugu sounds like a female name to me.

My bust out hand was an interesting one I think, and I'm not really sure if I played it right. Maybe some of you out on the internets can give your opinions.

The blinds were at 2000/4000 with 500 antes, 14 players remain. Blinds were going up in > 1min, and it folds to me in the small blind. I have 40K in chips, and BB has 140K. BB will def not let me limp, every time I have tried, he pops it, but he has been willing to lay down to a pre-flop raise. I get dealt 22.

We all know 22 sucks. At best, your only in a coin flip with them. I push all-in, and he takes time, and when just about to time out, calls with K6o. Turns a 6 and IGH.

Now, I know 22 sucks, but I was getting pretty short, the blinds were about to go up, and I thought there was a good chance he would fold. Why risk 30% of your stack calling without anything but a premium hand? So I figured there was a lot of fold equity for him.

The flip side is, should I push here and risk a race when down to 14? 10 hands later it was down to 9 players. I could have folded into the final table and taken down over 500 instead of ~250. I wanted to win the thing of course, and getting to the final table with around 25K was probably not going to help me win it, but if I had 80k, I would be in a pretty good spot to make a run for 1st.

Well, thats my thinking, but I really interested in other opinions on what to do in this situation.

On another topic, Karol from Ihadouts sent me a link about the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, which she does some work for.

"The head of the group, Harvard Law Prof. Charles Nesson was on the Colbert Report.

He had some pretty interesting things to say about poker and asked Stephen Colbert to host a poker tournament for the presidential candidates.

Charles Nesson on Colbert Report"

Check it out.