[schwza]

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Blinds have been giving me respect although the SB has repushed against 2 of my steals from LP within the last hour.

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ummm....

i would just fold here. it feels pretty tight, but the other options are unappealing:

- if you raise, you open yourself up to a reraise either from MP or a blind, which would be really bad.
- if you raise and MP calls, he will correctly get away from an Axx flop, but will stack you if he has you beat.
- if you make it, say, 8k then an MP call will bring your stack to 25k and the pot to 19k. this is an awkward spot, and if your chips go in, you're usually drawing to 3 outs.
- on the other hand, stealing 5k would be pretty awesome and if villain is limping a lot but playing well, he'll usually fold to the raise.

so i don't hate a raise.

limping for 1/16 of your stack is kinda ugly though. if MP is likely to bet into you with air (i would be if i were him) you have to be ready to call or raise with air. the blinds will have better relative position, and if the chips go in, you're likely drawing to 3 outs again. also, if a blind raises (it's a loose open-limper and a button limper), that's a big mess.

so i think fold > raise > call.