This is a close spot. Arguably its a fold pre, but with 2 of the remaining players massive nits, (one is the shorty next to me) its close to being +EV here. Villian is a winning player, seems to be shoving the correct range, and had done some short stacked shoves a little earlier when no one called him. After I raise here am I pretty much priced in to call?


[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $10 Buy-in (750/1,500 blinds, 190 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
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BTN: 14,171 (9.4 bb)
SB: 70,867 (47.2 bb)
BB: 55,997 (37.3 bb)
UTG+1: 111,438 (74.3 bb)
UTG+2: 28,841 (19.2 bb)
MP1: 25,628 (17.1 bb)
MP2: 34,757 (23.2 bb)
Hero (MP3): 36,344 (24.2 bb)
CO: 17,824 (11.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with K 8
4 folds, Hero raises to 3,000, CO folds, BTN raises to 13,981 and is all-in, 2 folds, Hero?

Although I hate raise folding to a shove of 10bb or less I think this is one of those spots where I find a fold as you don't have much of a stack. Agree that it's close though.

Even with the tight players behind I think this is a fold pre as we only have 24BB and won't be happy if we get shoved on. With a bigger stack then opening is fine.

I think open folding is going to be best here. I hear what you're saying about the two nitty players but there are two reshove stacks that you don't really want to call off but as you say you are kinda priced in once you raise, plus the blinds both have decent sized stacks and can flat you with a wide range.

K8 is a marginal opening but it's a snap call vs this shove.

Yes fold pre. If we're otb and villain were in the blinds then yes call. We're behind as played and even if we're live it a tough blow to our stack.