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Old 07-02-2012, 02:26 AM   #1
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Shove, call, fold? I really dont know

I'm new to this site (and poker) and don't know how to convert my hand properly, so please bare with me. I will try to explain all the important parts as best as I can.

Table : 6 handed (started with 10)

Quality of players is low

Blinds are currently 25/50

I'm the short stack at around 500, 2 players have 2000, everyone else has around 1000.

I'm in 3rd position, and am the second one to enter the pot preflop.

I limp in for 50 with QK.

Everyone else except one limps in for 50 after me so there are 4 players to the flop. Note that the people at this table do not tend to slowplay.

The flop comes Q89 and UTG min raises to 50. The next two players flat call the 50.

The BB then raises 2X to 100. (The BB has around 2000) The BB is somewhat of a weak player. He gets his money in a lot of the time with relatively weak hands, etc. He also tends to bet large amounts when he bets, but this time he just min reraises after 3 people put in 50. I think there is a good possibility he is slowplaying.

At this point, there is 450 in the pot, and I have around 450 left.

What do??
Shoving:
Seems nice at first, since it would most likely remove all the people drawing to straights with J or T (the flat callers / weaker pairs), and also the quality of the table is such that someone is likely to call with a slightly lower kicker with the queen. Although, it obviously could go wrong if I ran into J10 / Q8 or something like that. I find that a set of 88, 99, or QQ is very unlikely here given the limpers and the lack of previous slowplay preflop.

Calling:
Seems like a weak play to me for 3 reasons.
1) If a J, T, or A comes up, I can safely just give up and be left with 350.
2) If more low cards come up, someone may make two pair.
3) Someone is likely to bet large on the turn based off previous play from these players, which will basically be an all in for me anyways with the negative bonus of letting them see an extra card.

Folding:
Seems sort of weird in this position, but I suppose it's a sane option.

What do you guys think?
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Old 07-02-2012, 02:42 AM   #2
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Re: Shove, call, fold? I really dont know

you shouldn't limp in with less than 15bbs. with this stack, just shove or fold. 6 handed and against several loose passive fish, shoving is the best play. and you don't get caught up in spots like this one.

it's almost like your stack is too small to fold, but there rly aren't that many draws on the flop, and I feel like if you shove you're not gonna get called by worse enough. and if they do call behind, they will still have some outs (hands like 9Ts or whatever hand a fish might call you with). so I guess maybe folding is the way to go here, but you rly wouldn't need to if you would just play shove or fold pre flop. you gotta when you have less than 15 bbs.
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