Hi guys,
the following hand is a preflop spot I faced a few hours ago. The play is short-handed, and I'm not 100% sure of the right line. I didn't take a copy of the prize structure, but it wasn't particularly flat or top-heavy - overall quite standard.
Villain in question hasn't shown much aggression throughout the FT (I think this was mostly due to his awkward stack size - FT started with 7 players with a few super short stacks). Has opened a few hands before though. Hero is in SB.
Will post results after some discussion if you guys want them.
On to the hand:
Winamax Poker - Tournament "MAGNUM" buyIn: 45€ + 5€ Holdem no limit
BB
34.6bb
HJ
55bb
CO
29.7bb
BTN
18bb
Hero
45.7bb
Dealt to Hero
7
7
PRE-FLOP
fold
CO raises to
2.22 bb
fold
Action on Hero
I don't think folding is reasonable, it's 5 handed and we have sevens against an open. Flatting seems bad, as it would allow the BB to squeeze and playing our hand OOP isn't too fun anyway.
Due to this thinking process I thought 3 betting is the best option. But how about our sizing? If we go too small, the CO gets to flat a ton and now we're in a crappy spot with sevens. However, going bigger around 4x would leave us with an SPR close to one resulting into more awkward spots if flatted or 4 bet shoved on. I didn't want to face this spot, so I decided to rip it in for close to 30 bb effective. Is this super standard? Or absolute insanity?