Pocket 2s fang pre-flop 3-bet

[Pokey]

To me this is a call. Why?

1. You're paying $4 to see a flop. If you could stack one opponent, you'd be getting over $60 out of the deal. Those are some tasty implied odds.

2. You have two opponents with decent hands. The odds that you'll stack someone if you hit are markedly higher than usual.

3. You have the best postflop position. This gives you the ability to best control the pot size postflop, so that if you DO miracle up a deuce, you have an unusually high chance of stacking at least one of these goombahs.

4. If this hand turns out to be funky (like pair v. pair v. pair), you'll have a rather decent chance of stealing the pot on an ace-high flop.

I agree that a four-bet by SB would be most unpleasant, and would chase me away; however, the odds that SB four-bets is pretty small since most opponents almost never four-bet. If SB makes a decent four-bet, you can fold; that's just the cost of doing business in a high-variance hand. Still, this is a dream hand for playing stack-a-donk, and I'm looking to get it all-in if I flop a deuce. NOTE: I'm also looking to fold if I DON'T flop a deuce (unless it looks very likely that I could steal the pot).

In the future, consider raising preflop in this situation when it gets around to you the first time. Doing so buys you the button, disguises your hand, and buys you all sorts of folding equity on a flop that would otherwise be scary for you. It also better defines your opponents' hands. With several limpers, or without good position, I don't mind overlimping with a tiny pocket pair; with good position and only one limper, I prefer playing it hard.