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OK to answer one of the questions first, no I wasn't in the money yet. One other thing, the people that were going all in with K 8, 78, Q9, 89, and 9 10, didn't have small stacks they had huge ones and kept beating out hands like Ak, K Q, J 10 because they would call on whatever was in their hand whether it was a 47 or whatever it was, they would call. They were making all in calls of well over 3,000 with very little in their hands. Everyone at the table knew I had a hand when I reraised the all in because of my conservative play at the table, so there is no mistake on the fact that they knew I had something. I went all in because by the time I called the 1200 all together I had only 600 in chips left, and I wasn't going to not call with top pair and a possible st8 draw.
The reason there was no raise by me preflop is because I hadn't been hitting any hands for awhile. Even the AK KQ hands that I had been getting, didn't hit and I kept losing my raises and having to fold. Since my stack was already so low, I didn't want to raise and then not hit. It would've made it harder for me to get my stack size up and the less chips I had the more callers I would have to take me out. That's why I wanted to keep my stack size up the highest I could until I seen some cards to determine my play after that.
Thank you for all your imput, but I still say that if people think that going all in with hands like 78, Q9, K 8 is good play then I have a lot to learn. Just can't believe that people think that is a good call with bottom pair and a 4 as a kicker.
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