Top pair vs 4x jam
1-2 NL. V just got caught bluffing for 50 into 75 as hero arrived a few hands ago.
Hero on btn straddle 5 with K9cc
Pre; V in sb opens 15, only hero calls
Flop (32) : Kd7x5d
V jams 125
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Calling a short-stack's EP open with K9s just feels wrong. It seems like this must be a raise or fold situation.
Seems like a fold to me.
I think we make an exploitative fold. Give him KQo+, KTs+, sets, and all the suited connectors Td8d+, bluffing all flush draws 100% and KQ still can't profitably call. Have to give him Kjo for KQ to call. Need 44.3% equity.
You would almost have to know he doesn't do this with value, only bluffs.
Preflop should be fine in an unraked game. Closer in a raked game.
As you said you just sat down there's lots more poker to play sir e-z fold.
Calling a short-stack's EP open with K9s just feels wrong. It seems like this must be a raise or fold situation.
An <30 straddles SB open should be phenomenally tight, right? I don't even want to call here, lol. Assuming V is competent, which might be a stretch.
(Aside, why are people so eager to push straddles up to where most players have <100, and some are really short-stacked like V? Is deeper-stacked that much harder to play? Is it that shorter stacked is more comforting to new cash players coming from a tournament background?)
