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Originally Posted by QuadJ
This is one of those "what is the best play after a train wreck" situations. The best play was not to get into the train wreck at all. The straddle makes effective stacks too small to play this at all.
I totally agree, but I still wondered for other situations if this overextended bottom range should be part of the check-call strategy to balance the strategy, and there are will be almost no bad calls or folds. To be honest. Someone courageous enough to call with 88 to begin with should not hesitate one second to call of on that flop imho. UNLESS hero already balances 2 value bets 1 bluf, in which case I don't ever see 55 shoving as a bluff. I just got short circuited as you suggest by the situation that should never have been a situation to begin with.
