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[Nutcracker]

Mid-late sng, $150 blinds, 6 people in it (3 places pay).UTG ($2200ish)Button ($5k)Me($3k)dealt 79oUTG limps, button limps, sb folds, I check, ready to drop it as soon as possible.Flop 6TJ rainbow.check, check, check.Turn 8, 2 hearts on board now. I hit my straight and lead out with half pot size bet, $300. UTG raises to $900 (leaving him with about 1k), button folds.Now, this guy seemed pretty weak, I wouldn't put it past him to bet on a flush draw or top pair here. He'd called down some real weak hands and made terrible river bluffs on even worse hands. The only reason he wasn't out yet was a lot of luck on a couple hands where he caught big and got action.What would you do at this point? I reraised, putting him all in. With only $450 invested, was it good to risk another 1600 on a non nut straight? Seems obvious that I should do this, but kinda curious as to opinions in a situation like this, as it seems to be a leak in my game. Will post results tomorrow, though I'm sure you can see where this is going.

[custom36]

Yup, I put him all in. Sucks to be drawn out on, but you shouldn't be more cautious just because it happens.

[Absolute]

he could have Q9but seems like he would bet the flop with OESD.anyway, yeah push

[Vade]

Agree with the pushYou won't find a better spot

[tskillz187]

definitely a good push

[Swift_Psycho]

I shrug, and then push.

[custom36]

Swift_Psycho said:

I shrug, and then push.

Ah, the shrug - stylish.

[Nutcracker]

Turns out he had Q9 spades and called of course. No help on the river and I was crippled, going out 2 hands later on a TT vs AK.Anyway, nobody thinks they could fold this after investing so little, even if you're pretty sure you're behind to the higher straight? This guy never raised except on the river a couple times as a bluff, so I was sure he was very strong when he raised me (standard calling station). It seems like I lose a lot of money on 2nd best straights running into top straights, so didn't know if I should ever just lay it down cheaply when I'm fairly sure I'm beat. At that point in the SNG, I could have easily made it to the money just playing premium hands and probably gotten 1st/2nd if I had folded.