First off... an earlier situation. Villain was semi-loose and raising fairly often. Here I understand he was forced to call (given greater than 3:1 odds) and showdown his K7o. I figure this call frustrated him.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (3 handed)
Hero (t2575)
Button [Villain] (t9127)
SB (t1798)
Preflop: Hero is BB with
![The Five of Spades [5s]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/5s.gif)
![The Jack of Spades [Js]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Js.gif)
Button raises to t800, SB raises to t1773, 1 fold, Button calls t973.
Flop: (t3571)
![The Five of Diamonds [5d]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/5d.gif)
![The Eight of Clubs [8c]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/8c.gif)
![The Six of Hearts [6h]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/6h.gif)
Turn: (t3571)
![The Two of Diamonds [2d]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/2d.gif)
River: (t3571)
![The Five of Clubs [5c]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/5c.gif)
Final Pot: t3571
Results in white below:
Button has Kd 7h (one pair, fives).
SB has Qh Ad (one pair, fives).
Outcome: SB wins t3571.
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This was a few hands later. Once again Button is the Villain. Of course I didn't push because I thought my 76s was a good hand. I pushed figuring there's a huge chance he'd fold and I'd pick up a sizeable pot. He would have to call off half his stack only being given 1.7:1 odds, and for all he knows I'm only playing premium hands.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (3 handed)
Hero (t3250)
Button [Villain] (t6679)
SB (t3571)
Preflop: Hero is BB with
![The Six of Diamonds [6d]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/6d.gif)
![The Seven of Diamonds [7d]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/7d.gif)
Button raises to t825, 1 fold, Hero raises to t3250, Button folds.
Final Pot: t4100
I know these examples were both ITM, but I've also went over the top against SB raises when 5 or 4-handed with crap given the right kind of raiser.
The key concept here... it takes a much stronger hand to call an all-in than to make an all-in. If you're given poor odds, you shouldn't calling with more than the top 10% of hands in most situations.