TP/TK: All-In on the Flop against small stacker

[Philvater]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (4 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com


BB ($5.62)
Hero ($8.18)
Button ($3.57)
SB ($0.58)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.06</font>, Button calls $0.06, SB calls $0.05, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: ($0.20) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $0.06</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $8.12</font>, Button folds, SB calls $0.46 (All-In).

Turn: ($8.84) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: ($8.84) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $8.84

Was it the right way to push All-In with TP/TK on the Flop against an small stacker? In my opinion he could have an Flush Draw with Ace high maybee or something like AT,A9,QK,QT,Q9,J9 I think...

[checktheriver]

You played it perfectly. For 20 BB TPTK is the nuts.

[Spurious]

raise it to .08$ preflop. Otherwise fine.

[mvdgaag]

NH. I like to raise a little more UTG, because we don't mind to steal the blinds a little more often if we're OOP. With this hand it played out nicely though.

Also I like to raise a rounded up number of his remaining stack instead of mine if it's smaller. It looks less threatening and simple psychology like this does matter at these stakes. You don't give away you are aware you put him allin with this bet (yes, there are people that really are unaware of stack sizes and he might think you're one of them) and you don't make him think you have a hand that you want to risk the entire eight bucks on.

[Waingro]

Very standard, his calling range on the flop is absolutely ginormus. He will be posetively giddy at the thought of getting it in as a 10:1 dog, or on this flop 3:1 dog. Sometimes he will have 2pair+ but not enough to worry about. No matter what he had, take comfort in the fact that regardless of the outcome villain lost sklansky bucks playing like this.