Coolers / End Game / ICM / Stuff

[AJ]

Played a hand today that i'd like some feedback on, thought about it a bit and not sure if I made the correct choice Double or Nothing Turbo on Stars, 6 handed so at the bubble. As you can see below, I have an M of over 6, four of us are comfortable, two short stacks. Blinds and Antes starting to bite I'm on the big blind, if i fold here I give this guy 420 chips and move him closer to the pack, scared of overly passive bubble play and getting dragged into a dog fight, but at the same time I don't want to give a cheap double up. I have zero read on the guy at the time, never played against him before, frankly haven't being paying any real attention to the game. Think he's been fairly tight Would llike to ICM it, but am really struggle to put him on a hand range What should my call be ? *********** # 1 ************** PokerStars Game #22803689651: Tournament #126208250, $5.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/12/10 19:16:24 ET Table '126208250 1' 10-max Seat #5 is the button Seat 2: paolol67 (1165 in chips) Seat 4: dusty351 (2320 in chips) Seat 5: Griffin2400 (1195 in chips) Seat 6: 69-SandS (4645 in chips) Seat 7: asjohnstone (2555 in chips) Seat 8: passer122333 (3120 in chips) paolol67: posts the ante 20 dusty351: posts the ante 20 Griffin2400: posts the ante 20 69-SandS: posts the ante 20 asjohnstone: posts the ante 20 passer122333: posts the ante 20 69-SandS: posts small blind 100 asjohnstone: posts big blind 200 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to asjohnstone [Jh Kh] passer122333: folds paolol67: folds dusty351: folds Griffin2400: raises 975 to 1175 and is all-in 69-SandS: folds

[billy the punter]

Re: Coolers / End Game / ICM / Stuff There's an argument for both - if he is a very good cooler player then he will be making this move with any two considering who is in the blinds. With no reads/history you cannot assume this is the case though. Therefore it's a fold. You're in a fair position with the guy in 2nd to your left, you can put some pressure on his in future hands in order to keep yourself from feeling the blind/ante pinch. There more I think of it, the more the argument for calling weakens. Unless I have proof he is a great/pro cooler player I'm passing, even if I do (and I'm beating a lot of his range) then I may still wait. Hope this makes sense, it feels a little jumbled.