[Jeff76]

Matt,
You guys have been great about answering questions thus far; is there an appropriate place to post questions about concepts in the book (since this is the review thread)?

Since this is the only place I know of to post about the book, I'll go ahead and fire away- but if there is a better place please let me know.

This is a situation I was unsure about in my last session: it is low stakes FR on poker stars, but we are playing short handed. FR at this level tends to be full of set miners and weak/tight play, so often playing short handed at tables that are just getting started can be quite profitable. Villain in the hand hasn't really gotten involved too much so no real reads- I therefore assume he is an average FR player for this level. He is probably capable of playing "chicken" on the flop, but not much beyond. He has 74BBs and I have a covering stack.

He min raises UTG (we are 5 handed) and it is folded to me in the BB- I have 77. I was trying to decide between calling (SPR of 20.5) or min-raising (SPR 8.75). Obviously calling is profitable here, but given that this is a short handed game and villain tends to fold too much, I felt like I could get more value adding some fold equity to my hand by putting in a raise. He likely has a top pair kind of hand, so an SPR of ~9 isn't really great for him, and it's not bad for me- especially if I have some fold equity to my hand. However, I AM OOP and he can easily float me on the flop (players at this level are at least capable of that), so I think I'll likely have to fire two barrels to effectively use my fold equity. Also, while an SPR of 9 isn't great for his hand, it could be worse, so I don't know how much of an advantage I'm gaining by forcing him to play at that SPR rather than 20 (at which both of our hands will play fine).

So I guess my question is, does min raising here to put my opponent enough of an uncomfortable spot that it is worth doing OOP, or should I just call and play "make a hand" poker?