on the bubble of next prize tier.. going deep what do u do?

jimbo31

Hi all.. just wondered ur thoughts on this... was playing a 20kr freezeout last night top 50 paid...got down to 21st and the prize was 166 euros...20th paid 259euros.... now im one for going for the win and all that but the blinds were 2/4k wiv running antes...my stack was 20k and there was 2 people wiv shorter stacks about 10 and 14k on the same table which i was viewing... i woke up woth pocket tens in the hijack possy..and thought and thought and ended up shoving,,, thinking a double up at this stage is required... but as soon as i pressed the all in... i thought y didnt i pass so i could ladder... now i know all u mtt players out there aim for top 3 position which is the right course.. but the other 2 shorties were in the blinds in a few hands and i had an orbit on them... anyway i got looked up by a medium stack wiv AK who flopped his trips... i crashed out 21st and thought about should i have passed or was this the right move at this stage?? i know laddering would be for an extra 90 euros or so but just bugging me a bit if i made the right play.. all the best jim;-) ps top prize was 6.5k....wiv decent money on the final table of ten....

kirstii

I think you made the right move, the ammount of times your actually going to get looked up at that point of the tourney is less than it would normally be and someone is going to have to have a big hand to call you, even against ak you're hardly drawing dead. It's like you said you should be playing for the win, not the ladder. Well that's what i think anyway lol