They're good full stacked to hit sets, and very short you can just 3bet ship them profitably vs. middle to late positions (prob not UTG), but I feel they're probably pretty neutral to negative EV vs. a 20-60bb stack because:
- if you 3bet, it sucks to get shoved on (I feel would happen a lot if the guy is 20-30bb)
- if you size your 3bet smaller so you don't mind as much when you get shoved on, it sucks to get called more and 85% turn your maybe slight favourite hand into a bluff
- if you call, they suck to play oop unless you know the guy really well I feel (and you're not getting the odds for set mining)
At the same time, it feels dirty to fold them. Opinions?
Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1655764
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Hero (BB): $44.25
UTG: $21.13
CO: $72.52
BTN: $17.18
SB: $56.38
Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with 5
5 ![]()
UTG raises to $1.75, 4 folds