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I should fold 3rd? That's insane.

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Is it?
3rd Street - (1.40 SB)

Seat 1: xx xx 5___folds
Hero: A 3 4___raises
Seat 3: xx xx K___brings-in___folds
Seat 4: xx xx 9___folds
Seat 6: xx xx T___folds
Seat 7: xx xx 6___raises___calls
Seat 8: xx xx 5___folds

You don't have a single card on the board and two of your 5s and a 6 are out. You are the third short-stack and you only really have a couple serious hands you can play. Seat 7 did not call the BI, he raised in the face of three hands with better cards showing. By your own admission, you were not thinking about his stack size. You have a lousy board, a raiser in front of you, no big stack to take chances with.

Yeah, you fold. I'd have folded.

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The fact that you think this this starting hand should be folded does not mean that you have a "different" style than me (and all the other players who commented in this thread), but one that is equally good and valid and nothing is wrong or right because even Phil Ivey said poker is about feel. It has nothing to do with style. It means that in this particular case, you have a systematic leak in your game.

Of course, just because you think and/or write fold, doesn't mean you actually would fold if you were playing the hand -- none of us are perfect -- so it might not be as bad as it seems...