Pocket Tens on the bubble

[Al Force]

OK, this hand was played six-handed, with 11 remaining in a $5K, $33 rebuy. I folded pocket Tens to a shove from a solid player, but kinda hated doing so. My reasoning was that Nine got paid ($180 bubble) and there were two very short stacks hanging on. One more bust-out and we would be playing 10-handed, so a bit more breathing space. The table was playing pretty cautiously with shoves largely going uncontested. Would any of you guys be calling here? First place paid over $1500.

#Game No : 11921934594
***** Hand History for Game 11921934594 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $33 USD Buy-in Trny:71094264 Level:16 Blinds-Antes(750/1,500 -150) - Friday, July 13, 19:04:58 BST 2012
Table $5,000 Gtd Rebuy (2678596) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 6/10
Seat 10: Cocomangos ( 20,426 )
Seat 7: ELLIS998 ( 50,995 )
Seat 6: Kalli11 ( 19,301 )
Seat 8: Raymacoz ( 5,710 )
Seat 4: dangogu2008 ( 21,144 )
Seat 2: yellafella ( 25,309 )
Trny:71094264 Level:16
Blinds-Antes(750/1,500 -150)
yellafella posts ante [150]
dangogu2008 posts ante [150]
Kalli11 posts ante [150]
ELLIS998 posts ante [150]
Raymacoz posts ante [150]
Cocomangos posts ante [150]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to yellafella [ Tc Th ]
dangogu2008 is all-In [20,994]
Kalli11 folds
ELLIS998 folds
Raymacoz folds
Cocomangos folds
yellafella folds
dangogu2008 does not show cards.
dangogu2008 wins 24,144 chips
Game #11921936245 starts.

[Brodders]

[Al Force]

The bubble burst very soon after, as it happens, and I managed to ladder up to 7th after going card dead, so not too disappointed with the decision to fold the TT. I think you can talk yourself into believing the villain has a mid pair in that spot, but too often he's shoving a bigger pair as well as AK and possibly AQ, so it probably is a clear fold. It's just that a win in that pot gives me a stack to compete properly, so it does rankle a liitle bit. Bloody ICM considerations!

[DA Lion]

I am never calling there, at best your gonna be flipping against a solid player so def a -Ev play. I would not be holding on just to cash but you should be finding better spots to get your money in.
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