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LongshanksED:
10 euro 30 man SnG - prizes = euro120 for 1st to euro26 for 5th

average chips is 5,000 down to final 6 - i have 3.5k and in 4th place

one before the button i pick up KK - was sorely tempted to fold as 1 player had 1000 in chips and wasnt even playing (posted away) and the BB was 1200 (unbelievably he survived 2 orbits previously when he had AJ on one and beat KK and other hit a miracle straight)

apart from CL who had 15k in chips everyone had approx 4-7k

my mind was telling me to fold but i couldnt help it and was thinking i need to build chips

anyway as all the true stories go - the SB had AA and the BB had AA - whats the odds eh???

none the less i went lout on the bubble

>:(

duke3016:
can"t wait for any other hand TBH -- all in with your chips every time -- but hey thats just me

CrizzyConnor:
In my opinion with 3.5k you have enough chips to put off everyone calling your all in lightly and are ahead every hand but one. I"m all in everytime here. It"s just bad luck you went up against AA but these things happen. You can"t pass up the opportunity to take down the blinds and antes though when you"re one of the shorter stacks and if someone calls you - most times you"re going to get a double up.

AMRN:
you needed to make a move to give yourself a chance of winning the tourney - the prize for 1st is so much better than the other places......  and if KK isn"t good enough for you, then you might just be a little too tight :)

Of course, if this were a satellite, then folding KK would have been the correct play..... but in a 30 man SNG, this was an easy shove.

LongshanksED:
you read about people folding pocket kings and aces at bubble time when they are average stack to get in the money - but then again these are usually big tourneys in the WSOP and EPT anf the 1st payout level is thousands

would do it again in a heart beat as it was only a small sng tourney

if it was a large MTT and i had the average stack and it was the bubble id probably fold them

but both the sb and bb having AA though - that hurt

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