Ok so I think this post could be beneficial to some 4.40 players out there, so I’m going to go through my thought process that occurred after this hand..This was in a 4.40 I played last week, the one I final tabled..I find I will think about hands that I’m unsure about for good portions of time after they happen, because honestly, they are pretty rare..Most tournament situations are pretty straightforward since they are dictated by small stack sizes and identifying a quick range..However, I made a mistake in this hand because I didn’t have a plan..This is such a key concept for any hand you are involved with, and usually I do a pretty good job of this. However, I put myself in a really tough spot here..

OK here is some background info..SB had reshoved on me once previously, and also he doubled me up when he flatted my CO raise on the button and we got it all in on the turn of a Q1087 board or something, I had q10, he had KQ, and I bet flop, shoved turn..BB for the most part is pretty tight..He did however, make a strange, bad play earlier when he limped A4 in MP with a low M..He got a raise from a Laggy player behind him and shoved with no fold equity..They split the pot, Laggy player had A6…I probably have a semi laggy image, but nothing crazy

Bolded stacks are ones involved
Seat 2: Lolly06810 (51475 in chips)
Seat 3: Snelle Tedje (18525 in chips)
Seat 4: throwemaway (60324 in chips)
Seat 5: ehose2110 (31212 in chips)
Seat 6: ComboBergen (19256 in chips)
Seat 8: scrubman777 (22530 in chips)
Seat 9: Dusfim (66678 in chips)
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ehose2110: posts small blind 1000
ComboBergen: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to throwemaway [Th Kd]
4 folds
throwemaway: raises 2999 to 4999
ehose2110: folds
ComboBergen: raises 14057 to 19056 and is all-in

Now what I should have done before the hand is made a plan..I
should have said to myself “Ok if I’m entering this pot, I
am committed to Combos stack or I am folding to his reshove.
However, I didn’t think about it and just raised my standard
2.5x raise and when he reshoved, I had literally no idea what
to do..I was getting about 1.88 on my call, which is a little
short on odds IMO for his range, but for meta game purposes,
it might have been worth a call to show people I’m not raise/folding
when someone has 10 BBs..Also, I could have altered my PF
raise to something like 3x or 3.5xish to show Combo that he
has no fold equity with a push, and might discourage him from
jamming Ace 6 on my ass..The only problem I see with that
play is I’m risking more when it comes to the SBs stack if he decides to jam on me, who
I’m folding to no matter what raise I make..

Obviously its not really easy to do all the pot odds/range
assignments in a hand before it happens, but I should have
gotten a rough idea before I made the raise..Honestly, if
I were to do it again, I might just open fold it since I’m
putting myself in such a marginal spot if/when BB reshoves
on me..In hindsight, I think I should have probably made the
call, but I’m still not clear..

The point though of this post is to have a plan..It will help
make your decisions easier and you have a legitimate reason
for doing whatever you do..

Bond here touches on the idea in a more succinct thought
process and he has better results obv, but the point is
ask yourself if your raising for value, bluff, semi bluff,
and not “for information” like retarded poker books tell you