This hand that happened tonight is in the same category (middle pair blind defense). For some reason, I didn't have a hesitation on what to do here - whereas I did at least have to pause (for myself) in the others.

Here - I'm in the BB with tens and it folds to the button (about the same size stack as me - I have him covered by T45), who raises to 3xBB. The SB (short stack - about half of my stack) flat calls and the action is on me.

I made a push for ~1200 (a total of 12xBB). The button calls (with sixes) and the SB folds.

With regards to the previous hands - I think the biggest difference here is the position in the tournament. In this particular hand, I'm still in the early stages and have much less than the average stack (though still plenty to work with). While I don't want to get knocked out at this juncture - clearly folding here is being weak. Calling here, out of position, is just a bad idea (because I have no idea where I am).

Reraising for less than a push is out just because I don't have a big enough stack to wiggle it - and even if he does come over the top - I doubt I'd fold. Pushing gives the semblance of some possibility at fold equity (900 more into a 700 pot) - so it seems to me the best idea.

Again - forgive me if this is all standard - but it doesn't hurt to get a sense of grounding on occasion.

PokerStars Game #13910677405: Tournament #69510381, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/12/16 - 21:45:12 (ET)
Table '69510381 175' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: bmarley2005 (3435 in chips)
Seat 2: sunrise0600 (1880 in chips)
Seat 3: Bhi&rich (1555 in chips)
Seat 4: ComingFast (900 in chips)
Seat 5: Starstealer (1600 in chips)
Seat 6: camidon (1340 in chips)
Seat 7: Dapadoo (2710 in chips)
Seat 8: doyba121 (1255 in chips)
Seat 9: acesfullny18 (2310 in chips)
ComingFast: posts small blind 50
Starstealer: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Starstealer [Tc Th]
camidon: folds
Dapadoo: folds
doyba121: folds
acesfullny18: folds
bmarley2005: folds
sunrise0600: folds
Bhi&rich: raises 200 to 300
ComingFast: calls 250
Starstealer: raises 1300 to 1600 and is all-in
Bhi&rich: calls 1255 and is all-in
ComingFast: folds
*** FLOP *** [8h Ac 7d]
*** TURN *** [8h Ac 7d]
*** RIVER *** [8h Ac 7d 3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Starstealer: shows [Tc Th] (two pair, Tens and Threes)
Bhi&rich: shows [6s 6h] (two pair, Sixes and Threes)
Starstealer collected 3410 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3410 | Rake 0
Board [8h Ac 7d 3c 3s]
Seat 1: bmarley2005 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: sunrise0600 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Bhi&rich (button) showed [6s 6h] and lost with two pair, Sixes and Threes
Seat 4: ComingFast (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Starstealer (big blind) showed [Tc Th] and won (3410) with two pair, Tens and Threes
Seat 6: camidon folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Dapadoo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: doyba121 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: acesfullny18 folded before Flop (didn't bet)