I don't believe squeezing works very well at the lower stakes, since there are plenty of people who will limp call all-in with a marginal hand. You're not even in the danger zone with that stack, so I would advise just taking the flop.
I don't believe squeezing works very well at the lower stakes, since there are plenty of people who will limp call all-in with a marginal hand. You're not even in the danger zone with that stack, so I would advise just taking the flop.
You have almost 14BB so its not wrong to shove. and with the extra 2 callers the pot is quite big (28% of your stack) so taking a stab at it here is like moving all in at the 60/120 level with no callers but here you accually have better value in this pot.
The opposition most likley hold small pairs or bad aces or maby some random broadway hand and will most likely fold for a big raise. And if your gona raise then shove is the play. Your hand also plays OK against pairs TT- and AT- so if you get called you probably have an OK shot at the pot anyway.
I wouldnt make this a frequent play in the early stages but the 40/80 level is the mid stages and the sum of the 14BB situation with the limpers makes this a profitable situation especially at losse passive tables.
I wouldnt do this with any 2 cards tough. I would like to have some OK equity against likely calling hands. Likely callning hands are mid pairs Axs thus hands like KQs, KJs, QJs, QTs, 88-TT are very good hands here to do this play with. Smaller pairs then 88 I would tend to se a free flop and try to spike a set. Ax hands are no god if you get called by a better (dominating) Ax hand better again to se a free flop.
If you play around with hands as KJs against Ax and lower paris in pokerstove youll see your equity is somewhere between 30% and 45% add that to the chance they all will fold and youll find this profitably.
Considering the size of the blinds, I think the risk:reward ratio is nowhere near favourable enough for this play. If the blinds were at 60/120 then I think you may be able to justify it, but there is no need to risk your tournament life just yet, I think you can afford to wait for a better spot, especially because often people will limp and then tank and call with low-middle pocket pairs, often with 55-88, or maybe Axs, KQo etc. With a hand like 99-JJ I like this play because you sometimes get called when you have someone crushed, but I don't like it with an easily dominated hand like KJ.
