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180 man SNG. Question about calling a min raise from the BTN w/ SB calling?

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stirfri14
Joined: 15.02.2015
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180 man SNG
So this is an example of a hand that I struggle with the concept of why or why not to call?

BU is a balanced range, has me stacked, usually raising PF 26/23, and till this far has played most of his hands passively post-flop
SB is way too loose and passive
Hero:BB

My question:

In this hand I the pot is giving me %15 to call. I calculate my equity at about 24% going into the flop. I am OOP on a poor player whose small remaining stack has him pretty committed to the flop no matter what and I have a player to my right who has me stacked who is quite passive post-flop. Does that 9% I have in equity warrant a call.

Poker Stars, $2.28 Buy-in (100/200 blinds, 20 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: 970 (4.9 bb)
Hero (BB): 4,676 (23.4 bb)
UTG+2: 3,380 (16.9 bb)
MP1: 1,453 (7.3 bb)
MP2: 2,470 (12.4 bb)
MP3: 1,123 (5.6 bb)
CO: 9,508 (47.5 bb)
BTN: 4,204 (21 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7♠: 9♣:
4 folds, CO raises to 400, BTN folds, SB calls 300, Hero folds


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008
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Our implied odds are bad with someone that’s invested almost half his stack and we have also a small stack against the CO. I would just fold this hand and wait for a better spot.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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Okkernootje
Joined: 02.09.2013
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Call is absolutely fine; but you should have a clue about defend strategy from blinds. Which flops are favorable for you? or for villain? What is villains cbet%? and can we exploit that? If you suck at postflop, that 15% preflop odds (raw equity) could mean virtually nothing, since it could easily cost you a lot more on further streets on the long run.

Here, I would incline towards a fold:
- With an open on such a short player (BB), I would give villain credits for having a legit hand more often
- in 180m format it is all about playing good preflop push/fold and we could benefit from having a bit more fold equity on the long run


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