Immediate Post Bubble Strategy Help

[AJ]

This is something that I've been considering on and off for a while, but came to the forefront of my mind after going out in 4th place at a live game last night (22 players, 4 places paid). 33,000 chips on the table, all of us with roughly the same ammount of chips, I've got 6,000 chips. Blinds 300/600 I'm UTG. I'm dealt 44, and decide that my 44's will hold up ok and and raise 3,000 in what is basicaly a blind steal. The fella on the button, re-raises my all-in, everyone else folds. He turns over K5s. A look at poker stove this morning tells me, I was a 53% fav at this stage, so basicaly a coin flip. However the flop comes KKK, and his quad kings, crush my 4's. But got me thinking, what is the correct approach to post buble play ? I'm not clear on the way to go here, I could tighten up but I'd fold a lot of winning hands with only 4 at the table, and 300/600 blinds are going to hurt pretty quickly. My heads up play is fine now, winning way more than losing, but I'm struggling a little here. Suggestions / insight ??

[Penelopeys]

Re: Immediate Post Bubble Strategy Help IMO it depends if you're going for the big win... or if you're playing to just get a little more than 4th place at this stage. For me it varies from game to game... If you're going for 1st place you need to try and steal as much as you can, gamble basically, which means pushing with a pair is a right way to play. When he reraises you probably put him on a better hand than 44... (And K5 :unsure ) but with half your stack in the pot you're comitted. If you went for 1st you played the right way :ok