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Bad idea to isolate against donk short stack shove here?

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  1. #1

    Default Bad idea to isolate against donk short stack shove here?

    I knew that this short stack was an idiot, so my goal was to get heads up against him. My plan minraise and then fold to a lot of action behind me, but if just one person shoved over, I figured to be a coinflip with a lot of dead money money in the pot. Comments?

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00+$0.20 Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    MP2 (t1440)
    MP3 (t1250)
    CO (t1350)
    Button (t1250)
    SB (t250)
    Hero (BB) (t1450)
    UTG (t1640)
    UTG+1 (t1440)
    MP1 (t3430)

    Hero's M: 32.22

    Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 10
    UTG calls t30, 4 folds, CO calls t30, Button calls t30, SB raises to t250 (All-In), Hero ???


    In retrospect, a minraise is risking 1/3 of my stack, so maybe just folding to the short shove would have been better. I'm not sure about the merits of call/fold (or perhaps call/call vs one shove). The postflop play becomes pretty silly if I get flatted by even one opponent.
  2. #2
    Sb is extremely short here, and a lot of people are going to be looking to call with meager holdings to take him out. If you call it entices more to call, if you shove you are putting yourself at risk. I fold. If you were in late position, with no callers then I would call.
  3. #3
    I'd be tempted to call but with three limpers there's a good chance your AT is beat. I would reraise with AQ+, 88+, probably call with AJ/77
    Playing big pots at small stakes.
  4. #4
    tough spot. Because it's early in the tourny I fold.
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  5. #5
    I fold to avoid a complicated situation, and because I'm more interested in how the other three react. I think any information you can get from this hand may benefit you later.
    If anyone folds, you know who you can push around later on. If anyone calls, you know who you can get value from or if someone isn't raising premium hands properly (I hate those people).
  6. #6
    Quote Originally Posted by gingerwizard
    tough spot. Because it's early in the tourny I fold.
    not always usually easiest time

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