Re: a coin flip dilemma
I've had a similar situation come up a few times in the past few days. The situation is that it's level 1 of let's say a $22. You have all your chips. One player is shortstacked already, let's say he has t400. You open raise from middle position to t60 with a-k. All fold to BB who is the short stack. He moves in for t400. Do you call here and take a coinflip for half your stack or do you fold?
Given that you have an ace and a king, you're somewhat less likely to be up against AA or KK. Also, let's face it the guy who is shortstacked at level 1 is probably not a great player and could be doing this with anything.
I've generally folded in this situation. Given that winning only gets you to t1200 and losing cripples you badly, I felt this was the better play. Anyone feel you should gamble here? If he has t300 are you more likely to call? How about t200?
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