TT vs Shortie

[HappyElephant]

Haven't played poker in a little while... Villain was TAG and hadn't done anything out of the ordinary. Comments on all streets appreciated.

Party Poker, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com (http://www.leggopoker.com) - Hand History Converter (http://www.leggopoker.com/hh)

Hero (UTG): $9.36
CO: $4.15

Pre-Flop: T/images/graemlins/heart.gif Thttp://www.legopoker.com/hh/images/club.gif dealt to Hero (UTG)
<font color="red">Hero raises to $0.40</font>, MP folds, <font color="red">CO raises to $1.20</font>, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.80

Flop: ($2.55) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif J/images/graemlins/spade.gif 4http://www.legopoker.com/hh/images/diamond.gif (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($2.55) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif
Hero ??? (CO has $2.85 left)

[iheartponeez]

Once you're 3-bet vs. this shortstack, it's clear that the flop doesn't matter. You guys are getting all-in somewhere. Decide preflop if you think TT is better than his hand, and if so, just shove on him, because 60% of the time you're going to see a scare card on the flop (you're not going to polarize his range unless he likes betting one-third of his stack preflop and then folding). If you think he's holding a pair better then tens, don't even call this 3-bet.


As played, this flop misses a lot of his range. If he's ahead after the flop, he was probably ahead preflop too (AJ just isn't a likely 3-bet hand). So just shove here.