Just Fold!

One of the biggest mistakes bar poker players make is the over valuing of hands especially late in a tournament as the blinds increase. Here is tonight's prime example. We are at final table with 9 players still in. Under the gun moves all in with 13,500 chips with blinds at 1000-2000. It is a good size raise. Chip leader thinks a long time and makes the call. Small blind thinks for a very short time and calls for over half of his chips. It ends as a check down. Initial all in shows A-J. Big stack turns over A-Q and small blind turns over A-J off and is upset that he lost. Just Fold! What did he hope to accomplish in this hand with his call. All-in was obviously strong or else why the big bet under the gun. Big stack who is a very good player is not going to make the call without a premium hand, so in the best case for the last A-J he has overs to two pairs. Most likely one has a pair and other has A big. Just Fold! A-J is a great starting hand but not to an all in and a call. You must be the aggressor with a hand like A-J and hope you don't get called because if you do you are behind. A-J under the gun all in I can see it. A-Q with a big stack call I can see it athough I might have moved all in to isolate the all-in. A-J with an all in and a call. Just Fold! By the way, I finished 7th. I never had above the starting chip stack of 5000. I was big blind on the first and and lost and never came back. I won a couple of small hands early and doubled up once and tripled up once but still not above 5000. Made final table with 2000 in chips and three players busted before my big blind all in from seat 8 on table. LOL! Maybe I should have just folded!