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1€ Spin&Go HU deep (ES 25) BTN T9o shove or minbet

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bob368
Joined: 29.05.2019

Here is a hand I'm not happy with,

Table: 'Expresso(282306932)#0' 3-max (real money) Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: Yann05ktm (795)
Seat 3: bob368 (705)
ANTE/BLINDS
bob368 posts small blind 15
Yann05ktm posts big blind 30
Dealt to bob368 [9h Tc]
PRE-FLOP
bob368 raises 675 to 705 and is all-in
Yann05ktm calls 675

This is more general than T9o, I would follow the same line with something like 98o - JTo, 65s - T9s, K4s-K9s, K8o-KTo, A2o-A8o.
My thinking is: it would be too tight to pass those hands HU yet I don't really want to play them postflop.

My options are:
Folding -> too tight (I think?)
Limping -> it's probably what good players are going to recommend. I don't know if I have the edge post flop to exploit (that is grow the pot enough when I hit decent flop) those situations. The rest of the time it'll end up in checking to show down or me folding. Is it really that positive?
Minbet -> most hands we beat fold, maybe a few equal or stronger hands as well. I think it shows more strength than a push, which offers some bluff opportunities post flop. Yet I often get caught playing like that: if I hit the nuts (or good top pair on a dry board) I rarely get to grow the pot without making my opponent fold. Or I grow the pot when I'm ahead and make the pot so big that I cannot fold when the straight/flush draws hit.
Shove -> The simple answer that I use the most. Get some fold equity (I'd guess even against better hands) and if it gets called we're not so bad. If vilain calls top 30% we're at 40/60 with the lower part of my range (K4s/A2o/22)

I'm currently playing in low BI (1€), so the push is probably alright now but going up it might be different...
What do you think?

This hand had a nice flop (which is irrelevant to the choice preflop):

Spoiler

FLOP [9s 9d 7c]
TURN [9s 9d 7c][9c]
RIVER [9s 9d 7c 9c][Qh]
SHOW DOWN
Yann05ktm shows [As 4s] (Trips of 9)
bob368 shows [9h Tc] (Quads of 9)
bob368 collected 1410 from pot
SUMMARY
Total pot 1410 | No rake
Board: [9s 9d 7c 9c Qh]
Seat 2: Yann05ktm (big blind) showed [As 4s] and lost with Trips of 9
Seat 3: bob368 (small blind) (button) showed [9h Tc] and won 1410 with Quads of 9

Thanks.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

I wouldn't shove this hand so deep. You could limp this hand, but if he's tight I would always raise.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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ghaleon
Joined: 17.10.2007

As default I would minraise most of my hands over 20bb deep. Only 22-55 are something you can consider shoving here but not having any shoving range is fine also.


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