25NL damn shortstacks

[pokahpaul]

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UTG ($24.85)
MP ($14.65)
CO ($10.35)
Button ($10.95)
SB ($39.35)
Hero ($23.15)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1.25</font>, CO calls $1.

Flop: ($2.60) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $2</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $9.1</font>, Hero ????

no read on villain

[JacksMighty]

Without any read on villian, I'd call here. CO could be doing this with a number of different draws and/or weaker pairs. You're getting 2 to 1 on your money.

[Semillon]

I would fold.

With no reads, it is highly likely he just hit two pair, flush draw or a straight. The only hands you beat are ace rag...

[jk1986]

Definately call- you beat worse aces + flush draws

[Michael Fish]

Call, most of the time you see a weak ace here trying to exploit the board. Shortstacks love TP hands and draws you see this a fair bit.

[JoshK]

I'm calling this most of the time with no read.

[cortanpeter]

I actually like playing the shorty's b/c they do this all the time with A-Rag. Most of the time you are ahead. I think you call. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Mal_Pais]

With no read and three broadways on the board, I think we're beat. That's a big overbet. I fold. I dislike shorties as much as the next guy/girl, but I hate to go out of my way to double them up.

[pokahpaul]

thanks guys, i folded this one

playing shortstacks is such a leak in my game..

[AKQJ]

Easy fold without any read/history

[AKQJ10]

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I would fold.

With no reads, it is highly likely he just hit two pair, flush draw or a straight. The only hands you beat are ace rag...

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You beat bare flush draws too, and are roughly even with combo flush + Broadway or flush + lower pair (no common outs) draws. Your four-out redraw to Broadway is just gravy.

At these stack sizes it's an easy call, I think, unless Villain is known to be so passive that he would never raise AJ, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, or K/images/graemlins/spade.gif T/images/graemlins/spade.gif on this board.

If he spiked his three outer on a two-pair flop like this, or flopped Broadway, then bully for him, but he paid way too much preflop for AQ, AT, or KJ to get lucky.

He will go very broke to you in the long-run if he doesn't understand implied odds, so you should be delighted to play against him short-stacked.