$33- Opponent 3 BBs
 

I never am sure in these spots what the best play is. Opponents were kinda brain-dead, folding when they had great odds against the shortie and bashing heads against the other big stacks. A min. raise may fold out the two bigger stacks (and even the SB - he had folded in these situations before.What's the best play?

PokerStars Game #13288278733: Tournament #67423503, $30+$3 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/11/17 - 00:16:23 (ET)
Table '67423503 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 3: Rusty Nails (2040 in chips)
Seat 4: XXX (7900 in chips)
Seat 5: YYY (475 in chips)
Seat 7: ZZZ (3085 in chips)
YYY: posts small blind 100
ZZZ: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rusty Nails [As 6c]
Rusty Nails: ???

Sorry about the raw HH, but the sites I use are down.

Re: $33- Opponent 3 BBs
 

Don't get involved with marginal hands like this on the bubble!

Raising is bad, because you will be commited to call a Push. Shoving I guess is -EV wihtout using SNGPT.

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Re: $33- Opponent 3 BBs
 

I'd fold...if it were a little strong I would limp.

Re: $33- Opponent 3 BBs
 

In this situation, and assuming my hand was stronger, is limping&gt; min raising? I hate to give the SB a cheap shot at the pot.

Re: $33- Opponent 3 BBs
 

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In this situation, and assuming my hand was stronger, is limping&gt; min raising? I hate to give the SB a cheap shot at the pot.

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If the bigger stacks are good you will have a one way ticket to exploited town

Re: $33- Opponent 3 BBs
 

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If the bigger stacks are good you will have a one way ticket to exploited town

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Yes, I agree, But this isn't a concern here, the villian's suck and will only push a big hand.

This situation has been killing me lately as, it seems, every time I force the action I bust and every time I play more conservatively the big stacks allow the cripple back in the game.

Re: $33- Opponent 3 BBs
 

If the big stacks aren't idiots then this is always a fold.

If they have folded to the short stack multiple times before (which is horrible for you) then it is a limp. That way you can either call the extra 1BB when the big stacks fold and the short stack goes all in, or the big stack will shove over your limp and that will put the short stack all in.