when is calling an all-in w/ 53o correct? (50+5)

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I think SB is pushing any 2 here, right?

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Absolutley not. Most players don't understand that pushing any two here is correct. I say most of the time you're up against top 50% hands here. I believe that the call here is very bad. Your equity against what his range figures to be is rather poor. I haven't crunched the numbers, but I think it's negative chip EV. If we want to argue that it's chip EV neutral (it's not better than this), than it is still -$EV. Firstly, you are investing almost 1/3 of your stack to make the call, and by doing so lose a decent amount of FE (I don't really understand an argument against that), and leave yourself relatively short stacked (forcing you to make plays that have less EV than the plays you could otherwise make). Eliminating a player does not seem to be a huge concern for you right now, at least not enough of one to offset the cons of calling. The times you win with this hand also does not put you into great chip position, at least not good enough to take this risk. There are better spots to put money in with your stack. I would call a raise of t150 or less although I'd have to do some better estimation for a better figure.