Re: 22 in SB (What needs to happen?)
This is a very clear fold in this situation.
A good rule for when to play a hand purely for set value is that you need the pot to be about 5-handed or better. If you are calling without a clear chance this will be true, you need to expect you have a decent chance of winning the hand unimproved.
22 is a fold here because:
-It doesn't hold up unimproved that often.
-Even heads-up, this hands will be a real bitch to play; it's hard to ever fold a pair in a heads-up pot against a decently aggressive opponent (read on villain?)
-You are out of position
-You are laying big reverse implied odds (tenuous hands, small pot, etc...)
-BB is left to act behind you; he may have a big hand; if he calls also you are in horrible shape, because you're dodging twice as many overcards; your hand is not strong enough to merit three-bettting to drive out BB.
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