STTF SNG->cash thread

[Slim Pickens]

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

SB ($165.25)
jb ($50.50)
UTG ($22.25)
MP ($67.60)
CO ($50)
Button ($50)

Preflop: jb is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $3.5</font>, jb...?


UTG is 45/24/4 55 hands
SB is 35/17/2 171 hands

I feel like my hand is probably good against both villains ranges (although SB hasn't 3-bet much at all) but I really hate this spot with the shorty still to act behind me.

General thoughts on situations like this, factors I should be considering, etc.?

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Well, the fact that SB hadn't 3-bet much means there's not much point in trying to isolate. UTG looks to be open-raising pretty wide and I tend to think if someone is opening wide but also open-limping a lot, they're 4-betting a smaller fraction of their raising hands. I actually like the cold-call, getting great implied odds against SB's likely overpair. You have to fold if UTG shoves though.