edit: MTT - down to final four tables

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t500/t1000
(Ante: t125)
7 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t17140
UTG+1: t5860
MP1: t14095
bulldog999: t10225
Button: t6341
SB: t11114
BB: t15752

Pre-flop: (7 players) bulldog999 is CO with 5 5
3 folds

It’s close but I think I raise to 3k and get it all in if reraised. Not much is calling you here 7-handed and you are short on chips for sure.

What are you playing? It appears to be a MTT because of the bigger stack sizes, but it's only 7 handed.

Generally I like a shove here unless prizepool is coming up or big difference in payouts. You shove and get the blinds and you increase your stack by 20%ish. Those are usually good plays.

It's a MTT down to the final four tables.

M below 5, you're in late position, I like shoving here

Very odd structure. Blinds at 500/1000 and the biggest stack at the table is 17k? This a turbo SNG with a rock table?

Anyway, M is < 10 in CO with a small pair. I can go either way. You still have SOME room to wait for AK/TT+, but I wouldn't hate a shove here.

Full Tilt MTT. 1500 starting chips with 312 players.

Yeah...I'm ok with a shove here.

Another consideration...one more player busts out and you'll be at a full table.

easy shove.

no huge stacks left to call you.

pot is ~2400.

easy shove.
easy.

shove 97 off here as well.

Insta shove. Every time

If you're willing to get all-in if re-raised, then why on earth do you raise to 3K instead of open pushing? Pushing has more FE, and you'd really rather win the blinds than get calls here anyway. I just dont see how a standard raise can possibly be best.

I shove here. Folding is close too I think mainly because as Shpaget points out, one more bust puts us back to 10 handed.