5-10 NL Short stack

[Shaun]

Live game, I had dropped down to about 330$. One other guy had a similar stack, and the rest of the table had at least 800, with a few stacks at least 2500. I limp in MP with 2d2c. 6 of us see the flop for 10.

Flop: 9d 5d 2s

SB (short stack) bets out 25. BB calls (big stack). UTG calls (probably 1000), and another avg stack player calls before I act.

The pot is roughly 160. I have 320 left. How much should I raise? Should I just push? Call?

[lapoker17]

Looks like an easy push. If it's set over set, oh well. And with draws out, you need to make them pay.

Bottom set in an unraised pot with a board like that is always kind of ugly, but with your stack, you have little choice.

[Shaun]

I did push because, as you said, there were so many draws out there and I had no chips to defend a pot on the turn. Unfortunately (or not) everyone folded. Being shortstacked sucks!

[lapoker17]

Nah, that's fine, it's a nice pot when you're rebuilding.

Well played.

[JasonP530]

The pot is 160, but the bet is only 25. 320 seems like an awful lot to push on a $25 bet(though it looks like a draw). It isnt better to raise to say 125 or 15 and push on any turn?

[lapoker17]

The bet size in this case is really irrelevant - The pot size is what matters. You want to make it 125 and push on a Diamond turn? Not me.

[Lawrence Ng]

Push.