[LOW] 1/3 Live, short stack situations preflop
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 44
I played a few hands where I could've gotten in my stack preflop, and wonder if you guys would've chosen to squeeze in the following scenarios:
Button straddle (6) is on, there's a raise to 30 and 5 callers in front of us, we have a stack of ~180.
AT76ds to AT
JT98ss to J
Are you guys ever squeezing with these hands? I felt like a squeeze would've been better with AT76, but I elected to call both times, and didn't feel good about how the hands played out.
Join Date: Dec 2008
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With that many callers I would def rip it because the initial raiser should rejam very wide and you get a nice hu all in with a bunch of dead money and like 45% eq.
Let’s say it’s a more reasonable situation where there is only a single caller and both players ranges are reasonably tight, these hands are often better as a call because they simply get it in behind and there’s not enough dead money to make up for that.
Respectively calling gives you extremely easy playability, very clear visibility on the flop and you still leverage your short stack advantage post vs two big stacks that will push each other out.
Join Date: Apr 2011
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You’re not pushing equity with either. 89TJ plays fine multi way and AT76 does not. I might jam the AT76 if I trust / have seen the initial raiser iso these spots.
Join Date: Nov 2006
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I'm fine shoving either one depending on the initial raiser's tendencies. Vs. a tight open, I'd rather shove the rundown and just call the AT hand (so many callers I want to see a flop even short). Vs. a lose open, I shove both.
Join Date: Sep 2009
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For the first one ripping is ok mostly because of the dead money, its still a kind of meh spot, we can justify any pre-flop decision we choose here though a call is the hardest one to get behind because of poor playability so many flops.
For the second one i think its a pure call or fold, not much of a reason to raise without more info. Choosing between call or fold mostly depends on how bad we think villain ranges are.
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 10,857
While having the Ace of Flush is nice, you really don't want to go to an isolation war with an Ace IMO. That holding plays better getting the Pot/Imp Odds to draw with while you 'block' a set of Aces hitting. It also depends on how stubborn KK/QQ types of holdings are PF in your Pool.
The other hand is a green light special to try and build a pot. While you're fine with GII HU you really love the idea of smashing this holding in a 4-way pot! GL
