Playing with junk

[Mooronic]

Blinds are 50 / 100 and it’s about 20 mins into the tournament. Table has been playing ridiculously passive. I haven’t played a hand yet as I’ve been dealt junk of biblical proportions so far. My stack is mid-sized.

I’m on the button. I’m dealt the mighty 2 4 offsuit – another monster hand. 4 limpers call before me. I call hoping for a cheap flop while thinking this might be a good time for a bluff (assuming no one bets post-flop) using my tight table image. The sb goes all-in with his remaining 350 in chips. Everyone folds to me. I have to pay and additional 250 for a shot at the total pot of 1050.

The sb didn’t look happy with his all-in and seemed to be a desperation mode – and not one of those “oh hum, I guess I’ll push these cowboys” type of thing. I’m thinking he may have a low pair, but likely a suited connector. With so many limpers, he was getting pretty good odds for his move.

My pot odds are 4-1 with a junk hand…I know I’m an underdog, but the question was how much of an underdog am I? Should I gamble and call?

What would you do?

 

[Dorkus Malorkus]

Chip stacks are important but I'm pretty sure anyway that 1) you should have folded preflop, and 2) you have to call the SB push.

 

[shinedown.45]

First of all I would have folded pre-flop and by the sounds of it your growing impatient.
You have to ask yourself this (as you probably have an answer already as soon as I post this for you to see) Would you normally call 24os?

 

[Mooronic]

Well I called and he turned over 7 4 os. We paired a 4 on the board.

Yeah, I was getting impatient.

To be honest, I probably had a better chance of stealing if I had raised pre-flop. I'd doubt the sb would've called if someone showed some strength before his turn.

 

[Bombjack]

Yep, bin it or stick in a 6x BB raise pre-flop... watch those limpers fold! If someone calls, you always have position and since you're only a 2:1 underdog to two higher cards (non-pair), the pot odds justify your raise (sort of).

 

[loopmeister]

The call was a bad option imo. Raise if you want to steal. But with 4 limpers, and the blinds to come, I don't think this was the hand to try it.