Another Hand from a focus

[happyhornet]

Each week in the Stan James PL game comes another hand on which my emotions are torn:\ I am chip leader with about 16 left: ** Hand # 2306461457 starting - 2008-12-10 20:57:21 ** punterslounge[2364249]:Table 1 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (200.00|400.00 NL - MTT) Real Money BurnleyJoe sitting in seat 3 with 1400.00 GazBlades sitting in seat 4 with 1380.00 Dave488 sitting in seat 5 with 1652.50 _DRAGON_ sitting in seat 6 with 1820.00 RiverChaser_ sitting in seat 7 with 4280.00 daveygh sitting in seat 8 with 1890.00[Dealer] heniek31 sitting in seat 9 with 3877.50 thehornet01 sitting in seat 10 with 5367.50 heniek31 posted the small blind - 100.00 thehornet01 posted the big blind - 200.00 ** Dealing cards to thehornet01: Qd, Qh _DRAGON_ > what was that BurnleyJoe folded GazBlades > ta GazBlades folded Dave488 folded RiverChaser_ > value call? _DRAGON_ folded RiverChaser_ folded daveygh went all-in - 1890.00 heniek31 > had odds _DRAGON_ > lol heniek31 raised to 3580.00 Exclude the talk, Hen had just called Gaz Blades' all-in with 83 (he had the odds) Can I call? Should I? I think I should fold, but Hen can play relatively loose, and I am probably ahead of Davey's range. Any thoughts?

[Samba_SamPa]

Re: Another Hand from a focus I can see Hen trying to isolate with any Ace here, any pair, any 2 broadway. Like you say Davey could be pushing with anything, folded round to on the button, I'm erring on side of caution I think saying top 33% According to Pokerstove your equity in the hand pre-flop will be c.56% The pot is 5670, and you need to put in another 3380, so you're getting 5/3 odds to call, and your near enough 4/5 odds to win the hand, so from that perspective you have to call, and certainly in a cash game would have to. If you call and lose you will be in bad shape - 1500 chips left - but STILL in. If you call and win you have a monster stack with which you can boss the table, and you eliminate 2 players. I think getting the 5/3 about a 4/5 shot means you have to call. Sorry for the length of reply :$ [Edit: not as long as I thought when typing :lol]