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Message: [QUOTE="kunkgreen, post: 6465744, member: 1001391"] With this stack I tend to prefer to shove with slightly better hands, although there are spots where we can call. This obligation we have to defend the blinds is sometimes expensive, although KQo is obviously a defensible hand in the blinds (depending on table action of course). . UTG having opened, we tend to imagine that he has a great hand, like medium to high pairs, strong aces and some suit connectors both medium and broadways, but of course it depends on the stack and style of the villain. Once you saw the flop, as your top pair hit and you were practically out of chips, I believe it would almost be fate sealed. When your second pair hits, even worse. Unfortunately you didn't have the chips to make villain fold even pre-flop for the pair of 9s he had. So he was in a difficult situation. One line of thought would be to hold back a little longer, depending on how well the other players' chip health was. [/QUOTE]