NL2 SH- AJo SB

13.06.2010, 19:58 0

Known players:
[tg]Position_Stack:hands/vp$ip/RaisePreflop/AF/WTS/ORL/BBvsSteal/W$SD;Hero$2.04:///////;MP2$1.04:04/100 /25 /2.5/50 /0 /0 /0 ;CO$0.70:04/50 /0 /0.0/33 /-/-/100 ;[/tg]
0.01/0.02 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: Elephant 0.69 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is SB with A♦, J♥. CO posts a blind of $0.02.
MP2 raises to $0.04, MP3 folds, CO calls $0.02, BU folds, Hero calls $0.03, BB folds.

Flop: ($0.14) 5♦, K♠, Q♣ (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $0.08, CO calls $0.08, Hero folds.

Turn: ($0.30) 2♦ (2 players)
MP2 bets $0.10, CO calls $0.10.

River: ($0.50) 4♦ (2 players)
MP2 bets $0.82 (All-In), CO calls $0.48 (All-In), MP2 gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: $1.46

Results follow (highlight to see):
MP2 shows high card ace with king kicker (Jd Ah)
CO shows a pair of kings (Kc Ts)

CO wins with a pair of kings (Kc Ts)

My question on this hand is mainly about the preflop play. I really wasn't sure what to do here, mainly due to both players being so short stacked. In a normal circumstance with 2 full stacked players I think I would 3bet something like 0.16 and fold to a raise. But with these 2 short stackers I just thought that the chance of one of them shoving was much higher meaning I would have to fold much more.

How should I adapt my play for short stackers in this kind of scenario?

Many thanks

2 replies

amplifyd

Joined: 03.08.2009

Posts: 1,769

13.06.2010, 20:03 0

Imo there isn't much need to get fancy pre here - you just isolate yourself against better hands and I'd prefer to see a multiway pot with a hand that can flop big 2 pair + straights that I can stack with and so I don't want to reduce my implieds. I also don't want to play a 3b pot with this OOP.

On the flop I think I would call one time if they were fullstacked but against shortstackers I'd just fold.

I wouldn't really adapt my pre strategy against fullstackers either - I just think calling will keep the most fish in the pot and for the reasons i list above.

_Anonymous_

14.06.2010, 15:24 0

Hi,

Even if it's only after 4 hands the villains here look quite loose so I'd definitely 3-bet for value in that spot if they were full-stacked. As it is I still think it's worth the try because I expect them to still call a lot more often than they jam in response to our reraise. If you believe otherwise then it's fine to just call so that you don't have to face a 4-bet. If villains look overall spazzy you can probably also find a 3-bet/call against CO's stack, it's higher variance but if there is any chance he goes nuts with stuff like A3 facing a reraise you'll still show a profit.

Hope it helps.

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