Playing against a 50BB stack TPTK is the NUTS

[bitter&twisted]

Ok i wrote this just after my 12h shift so it may be somewhat incoherent. Just consider the general idea, and let me know if you think it makes any sense at all.


Call me slow but I only just thought of this. You are playing with a 100BB stack your opponent has a 50BB stack.

You make a pf raise of 4BB, your oppoenet calls.
Pot = 9BB.
You flop tptk or have an overpair and make a pot sized bet and oppoenent calls.
Pot = 27BB.
Turn card is seemingly innocuous so you bet the pot. Villain raises you all in.
Scary right. Well after villain pays 27BB to call your turn bet they only have 10BB left to raise. Giving you odds of 8:1. So there is no question of not calling.

So basically if you have tptk on the flop and villain makes 2 pair or trips, and you bet twice they double through. Even if you bet 2/3pot the situation isnt much better.

So when up against a 50BB stack or smaller and there is a pfr and you have an overpair or tptk. Don't worry about better made hands just concentrate on giving draws a bad price because you won't be able to get away from your hand.

[bitter&twisted]

Not interesting enough to merit a reply?

[orange]

I don't really get this. Maybe I'm stupid.

[bitter&twisted]

Don't understand what I'm saying, or why I'm saying it. Is this obvious or stupid. I'm saying if you have tptk against a 50BB stack (don't know why I chose that size), the hand plays itself.

So you should relax, if they double up with 2pair or trips it was destined to be.

[thedustbustr]

I agree. I am rarely folding TPTK for 50bb. It takes about that to reliably know you are beat (at which point you can't fold). Pot, Pot it goes for me against a shorty, or maybe slightly less to make him more likely to call turn.

If he's a rock or I have a solid read I might consider laying down.