Artificial Pot Odds

[udbrky]

This was alluded to the other day in another thread, and was something I've been wondering about for a while, but didn't really have a term in my head for it.

If I'm thinking of the same thing the alluders were, it's where you raise and commit yourself to calling a re-raise, most likely an all-in, with any two cards because you have the pot odds on the push, when you wouldn't be getting the odds to call his open push.

For example, Blinds are 100-200, you have 10,000, SB has 1500, BB has 1000 after posting. So, there's 300 in the pot. Folds to you. You have ATC and raise to 600 (pot is 900).

SB folds, BB pushes for 1000, pot is 1600, and it's 400 to you to call. You're getting the right odds to call with just about anything.

Do you avoid these situations? Do you welcome them?

What's your opening range against the short stacks? Do you tighten up to only what would be +EV against his calling range?

Do you just put the short stacks all in when you're stealing?

I get into these situations a lot, especially if I have a stack, but I feel like it costs me a lot of chips in pots where I'm a significant underdog, and end up playing a marginally +EV situation at best.

If there's good threads on this, can someone please link me, I haven't seen any.