[Rooger]

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This is not good. There's no reason to get involved with this hand. The villain mini-raises for almost half his stack. I'd be shocked if you were ahead with J5. Fold and be done with the hand.

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I don't think I'm ahead PF - but I think I can push villain off overcards if he doesn't hit.

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The reason you utilize a stop and go is because you think you have the best hand pre-flop but do not have enough folding equity (therefore if you push pre-flop you're likely to be called). Here, you don't have enough folding equity but you're not ahead of his range so the conditions for a stop and go aren't there.

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I'm obviously not into it then - why would you want FE if you think you've got the better hand before the flop?

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Plus, I'd be very cautious of a small stack mini-raising for almost half his stack.

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Normally I would too, but this is the Party $5 R&A - 80% of the PF raises are min-raises when the blinds are this big.