JJ In Weird Satellite Spot
UTG 5 handed in a $1 satty. Dealt JJ. I have 7bbs behind. Next place cashes for $2, after that everyone wins a $10 tourney ticket. I am in 7th but stacks behind me are extremely close. I shoved here. Is this correct? I was thinking because stacks are so close to me I still need to take all of the best opportunities to make chips.
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You said you're UTG 5 handed but then you said there were 7 left? Assuming you're the shortest stack and basically on the "bubble, " the shove seems fine. It's also relevant who's in the BB, like if it's a big stack who is the only player with 100 BB then you want to shove tighter because they're more likely to call last to act. JJ is still likely a good shove though.
Not 7th left, he's in 7th. Not sure how many are left but I guess it would have to be 9 or 10.
You said you're UTG 5 handed but then you said there were 7 left? Assuming you're the shortest stack and basically on the "bubble, " the shove seems fine. It's also relevant who's in the BB, like if it's a big stack who is the only player with 100 BB then you want to shove tighter because they're more likely to call last to act. JJ is still likely a good shove though.
Let me clarify. There are 11 people left. 11th cashes for $2 and the rest get $10 tickets. Iām in 7th position currently.
In that case it's tough to tell for sure without knowing the exact stack sizes and positions. Most likely it's still good in theory because you should almost never get called. In practice you have to watch out for people that don't know what they're doing and will call you too wide in spots they shouldn't. It's relevant what other people will do. You'd prefer to let other players knock each other out, but you don't want to blind out either.
Maybe an example might help explain. I actually saw almost the exact scenario you described play out this year at a WSOP main event satellite. There were something like 12 remaining and 11 got tickets (6 players each on two tables).
One of the three shortest stacks jams UTG for around 10 BB (they ended up having JJ).
The BB was probably around 4th in chips. She was in a position where she could almost certainly just fold her way into the money, but she still only had maybe twice what the short stacks had.
Anyway she ended up calling with AQo. In this scenario for sure the jam with JJ was fine in theory, but the call with AQo was horrible. She put herself unnecessarily at risk, but her bad call also put the player who made a theoretically-correct shove at risk.
Anyway she ended up winning the flip and the guy with JJ was eliminated on the bubble. So the moral of the story is that sometimes who you're shoving into is more important than what you're shoving with. You don't want to get called in these spots.
