I heard this hand discussed on a podcast.
Effective stack 29 BB 5 handed ante 0.2 BB
Preflop (3.5 BB) HJ raises to 2 BB, CO calls 2 BB, BTN folds, SB calls 1.5 BB,
BB calls 1 BB
Flop (9 BB) A
A
6
SB checks,
BB open folds
In the podcast they dismiss BB's play as weird and don't really discuss it (the podcaster is the HJ). The question is should we ever just open fold in a spot like this and with what hands? If not here then should we do it on another board or situation?
The kind of situations I'm thinking about are ICM heavy, where tossing our cards makes it easier for the CO or SB to play back against the HJ's continuation bet and we potentially gain more by letting them knock each other out than any EV from potentially winning the hand.
I don't have this as part of my game at the moment but maybe that's a leak.