Hi folks:
Pretty new to Poker and trying to get a better understanding on how to play certain hands in certain situations. This particular hand is from a MTT 1,000 players. Final table of 8
I was in tenth place and low stack when this hand came up:

PokerStars Game #34938624152: Tournament #208702852, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVII (3000/6000) - 2009/11/05 0:42:37 ET
Table '208702852 80' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: MOONZEE (585430 in chips)
Seat 3: Obiden1knobe (91870 in chips)
Seat 4: Damien80 (176456 in chips)
Seat 5: XtremeCity (672352 in chips)
Seat 8: eeeark1 (122964 in chips)
MOONZEE: posts the ante 750
Obiden1knobe: posts the ante 750
Damien80: posts the ante 750
XtremeCity: posts the ante 750
eeeark1: posts the ante 750
eeeark1: posts small blind 3000
MOONZEE: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Obiden1knobe [7d 7s]
Obiden1knobe: calls 6000
Damien80: folds
XtremeCity: calls 6000
eeeark1: calls 3000
MOONZEE: checks
*** FLOP *** [8c 5h 6c]
eeeark1: bets 18000
MOONZEE: folds
Obiden1knobe: raises 67120 to 85120 and is all-in
XtremeCity: folds
eeeark1: calls 67120
*** TURN *** [8c 5h 6c] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [8c 5h 6c 5d] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
eeeark1: shows [6h 8h] (two pair, Eights and Sixes)
Obiden1knobe: shows [7d 7s] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
eeeark1 collected 197990 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 197990 | Rake 0
Board [8c 5h 6c 5d Kd]
Seat 2: MOONZEE (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Obiden1knobe showed [7d 7s] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Seat 4: Damien80 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: XtremeCity (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: eeeark1 (small blind) showed [6h 8h] and won (197990) with two pair, Eights and Sixes


Should I have just shoved all in preflop, see the flop like I did, fold on the flop, or shove with the open ended str8 like I did.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

It’s quite impressive, as a new poker player, you have shown a good interest in trying to play with good strategies. Wish you luck to become a good player.

Hi there:
Thanks for the kind words.

I think it's better to push all in pre flop with your 77 because you're only 12 BB and you want to take the blind or fight against only 1 or 2 players.

You seem to be intelligent with pretty good strategies. I disagree with Sun though, push all in in pre-flop is a very rookie move.

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Thanks. I will take your advice under consideration.