[pooh74]

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if u call and he just calls, bb goes along, which then means u HAVE to minbet at some point in the hand...u CANNOT allow bb to see the river unraised and possibly win

so, if u wanna not fold, then u have to examine if it's better to minbet here or call here...if u call here, u do have that shot at hitting a set on the flop and u also save 200 chips over minbetting if he just reraises u pf (most likely)


so...i take it back...calling is better than minraising

so we have 3 options

a) fold

b) push

c) call (minbet at some street if not raised)

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Dude, you're really missing an important element here. BB is "sitting out" and he folds automatically except where folded to him. By you, BTN, entering the pot in any way, shape or form, he cannot see a flop and his 200 goes into the pot.

---unless he magically returns between the time you call and sb calls.

This is an important detail, because without it, you are way overvaluing BB's equity...

BB's equity is actually ~zero given certain assumptions that he does not return. Your equity is whatever it is, but is the one most prone to volitilty because of the setup. Therefore, even while BB has only .000000001 $equity, that fraction is SEVERELY hampering your equity.

(Edit to delete last sentence which makes no sense after reading it.)