How do you play this hand? 10+1$ SNG

[slimbob]

NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Level:6 Blinds(150/300)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 10: spetny ( $220 )
Seat 4: thugzig ( $7130 )
Seat 1: slimbob70 ( $650 )
Trny:12163912 Level:6
Blinds(150/300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to slimbob70 [ Jd 5s ]
spetny is all-In [220]
slimbob70 calls [150].
thugzig checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, Ac, Td ]
slimbob70 checks.
thugzig bets [300].
slimbob70 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]

So i am not sure how to play this hand preflop and postflop.
I am not asking because I had the straight. Just the situation and this is a common situation is interesting.

Any comments?

Best regards
slimbob

[lorinda]

Preflop: You have to maximize your chances to knock out the short stack. Calling is fine.

Post flop: You have to assume you cannot win this pot.
If you have some piece of the flop, then calling is fine because if your piece (Say third pair) is beaten by the big stack, then hopefully he'll knock you both out at once and you'll claim second place.
I don't think that the total miss here warrants wasting the chips, you just have to assume you're not being pushed out.

What would you do if the big stack raised you preflop?

Lori

[slimbob]

Assuming the big stack raise preflop i call only if the other shortstack is all-in too.

[lorinda]

In that case I think you are playing these situations correctly.

Lori