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Common scenario vs shortstack
With no read on villain, I usually suspect the shortstacks to be retarded, and I see this done with any pocket pair as well as AK, Aq, and even random trash.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
SB ($52.05)
BB ($96.10)
UTG ($33.55)
MP ($114.15)
CO ($60.85)
Hero ($107)
Preflop: Hero is Button with Q , T .
UTG calls $1, MP calls $1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $6, SB calls $5.50, 1 fold, UTG raises to $20, MP folds, Hero raises to $34, SB folds, UTG calls $13.55 (All-In).
When it comes back to us there is $19 dead money in the pot, so it is effectively $27 to play to win $46. Or, we could call and hope for a good flop and that'll be like $14 to call to win $46. Is this too close to fold or too close to call? I dunno, I'm thinking it might just be too small an edge to try and push. Also, S&M suggest AJ being the worst hand to call against a Shortstack, but against these ranges it has the exact same equity.
I ran some PokerStove calcs:
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 36.907% 36.53% 00.37% 750671292 7676688.00 { QTo }
Hand 1: 63.093% 62.72% 00.37% 1288740132 7676688.00 { 22+, AQs+, AQo+ }
and
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 26.397% 25.99% 00.41% 277668732 4373958.00 { QTo }
Hand 1: 73.603% 73.19% 00.41% 782061048 4373958.00 { TT+, AQs+, AQo+ }
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