PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed) converter

UTG+1 (t1440)
MP1 (t1480)
MP2 (t1440)
CO (t1860)
Button (t900)
Hero (t1460)
BB (t1470)
UTG (t3450)

Preflop: Hero is SB with [6d], [8h].
3 folds, Button calls t20, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t80) [8d], [2s], [Ks] (4 players)
Hero bets t80, BB calls t80, MP2 calls t80, Button calls t80.

Turn: (t400) [8c] (4 players)
Hero bets t220, BB calls t220, MP2 calls t220, Button calls t220.

River: (t1280) [9d] (4 players)
Hero bets t440, MP2 folds, Button folds, Hero.....



what do I do?

A.) fold. I can't really see what he is going to raise me with here that I can beat, other than maybe a weaker 8, or even less likely, a strong king. (maybe K9?) I have no reads, I think we are about 8 hands into this thing. If I fold, I am left with around 700 in chips, which is plenty at this stage.

B.) just call, leaving me with around 250 in chips, still enough to stage a possible, though unlikely comeback this early in the tourney.

C.) re-raise all-in.

Check-fold when you see that flop. You play 86o from the small blind only looking to flop a hand like two pair or better. That said...

You can't fold at this stage in the hand because of the price you're getting on the call. It's easy for him to have a missed spade draw or even something like AA-AK. K9 is also very likely.

I would just call. I would consider it almost a crying call because in my experience, a min-raise usually screams strength. Obviously this isn't universally true, but it's a common milk bet.

I've come back from 250 chips early in a tournament before on stars... their structure makes that a real possibility.

Make the crying call and hope that he's overplaying a K. You're in too deep to fold.

And I would have folded the flop to any bet; you flopped middle pair with a bad kicker. Just let it go.

You overplayed your hand from the git-go, but now are so pot-committed that you have to call. Don't do that again... 8)

I win the pot with a pot sized bet on this flop so often that I am going to disagree with everyone who said that I shouldn't bet out.

That is a pretty blanket statement. In theory, you are saying that you can play any two cards, put in a pot-sized bet after the flop, and be a winning player.

You can come back down to earth any time now... :roll: 8)

You will either win a chicken pot or lose a big one.

A pot-sized bet will accomplish nothing on this flop. You've got a possible flush draw out there and an overcard. Nobody's folding either of those for a pot-sized bet.