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Hi Guys,

Been watching AMT's last man standing series recently - however not at the point of calling an all in.

Obviously I cant call, its either fold or shove here...

I'm still in stars so cant open up SNGWiz!

Poker Stars $6.00+$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t75/t150 Blinds - 7 players - View hand 78268
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Hero (BB): t1235 M = 5.49
UTG: t1940 M = 8.62
UTG+1: t3270 M = 14.53
MP: t1040 M = 4.62
CO: t1370 M = 6.09
BTN: t3315 M = 14.73
SB: t1330 M = 5.91

Pre Flop: (t225) Hero is BB with Q A
3 folds, CO raises to t450, 2 folds

Hero?

At the $6.50 level, I think you can shove here and expect to get called by AK, AQ, AJ, AT, Axs, any pair, suited connectors, and maybe some other stuff. Just last night a guy raised in the SB against my BB and I shoved AQ. He called w/ QTo. Your hand is only behind a small part of his range. The other times you will be flipping or dominating him.

Generally, you want to avoid this kind of confrontation early in the tournament so you could make a case for folding, but I think you can shove profitably here.

absent a solid read, I don't think you can fold this when you are short like you are. If he has a dominating hand it's a cooler. Although it is stars so you would likely suck out on him ;-)

Get it in. you only have 8bb and he is raising from the CO as a 9bb stack, so his range should definitely be wide enough to go over the top.