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Originally Posted by nath
Villain starts with only 15BB so I think flop c/r all-in is totally fine. If not, I like the donk shove on turn.
We want to be putting the pressure on villain with a hand like this, particularly with the ICM implications, rather than just calling it off.
I've been looking at lot of these sub-20BB spots lately and you do have some options in single-raised pots to click over small c-bets. (although this c-bet isn't that small) A lot of the hands what want to click are usually Tx (trying to get flush draws and worse pairs to jam), but you can also mix in some flush draws as well.
When you play call or jam only, you lose a little bit of equity because now your jams are pretty equity-driven (i.e., flush draws and pairs), some hands that might otherwise call now fold, and you also end up having to jam some stuff that's kind of uncomfortable, like 77 or 66.
There's nothing inherently wrong with a jam or call strategy here, and it's probably simper to execute and more than fine for a small-stakes tournament. But there are some options we have even in shallow SPR spots to do other things.