Short-handed, smallish blinds....what's your line?

[bluefeet]

$35+3 6-seater (pays two)

Unique structure of the 6-seater presents this condition now and then. To put it more generically, let's say it is in fact bubble time. And the blinds don't quite justify an open-push (or maybe it does?).

***** Hand History for Game 2353656856 *****
50/100 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 11385865) - 2005/08/16 - 18:47:55 EDT 2004
Table '11385865 1' (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 0
Seat 2: Stubby73 (4345)
Seat 5: noggles (1545)
Seat 6: bluefeet (1375)
Seat 8: smoesmom (1735)
bluefeet posts small blind (50)
smoesmom posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bluefeet [ Ad, 3h ]
Stubby73 folds.
noggles folds.
bluefeet raises (250) to 300
smoesmom calls (200)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7c 8d 7s ] <-- t600 pot
bluefeet bets (400)
smoesmom raises (1435) to 1435
smoesmom calls all-In.
bluefeet folds.


What do you do with the 'swing and a miss' here? "pushing" PF (or folding?) is an acceptable answer, but I'm curious about the 3x, missing the flop, etc.

You check, he bets, you fold. You bet, he raises, you fold. Just how do you go about a hand like this to minimize the damage?

Is it as simple as limping if you're unwilling to push?

[bluefeet]

...hmmm, maybe I like the limp, probe the flop, resume check/fold....

[pearljam]

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Is it as simple as limping if you're unwilling to push?

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yes

[Karak567]

I like the raise preflop, if you haven't done it too often.

I check/fold the flop.

[octaveshift]

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I like the raise preflop, if you haven't done it too often.

I check/fold the flop.

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What he said. No need to push PF.

[Karak567]

Yeah let me reiterate... pushing PF is pretty bad here, I think. Risking a lot for a little.

[bluefeet]

I appreciate the replies. Yeeeeeeeeah, I just hate the gray area, where a 3x puts you in that proverbial 10BB range...not affording to CB the missed flop, basically giving it up more times than not to a stinking min-bet.

[Slim Pickens]

I like the size of the preflop raise. I like betting that flop. At least at lower buy-in levels, if they play at you at all, they have something. You have nothing, so it's an easy fold. The only thing might be to make a slightly smaller flop bet. 400 is not the size of the pot. It's not most of the pot. It might as well be half the pot.