BB vs SB bigstack: facing flop mini-bet

[bennies]

Hi, I know about that discussion, obviously we do better with more chips. However, I wanted to make the point that the chips/block from about 10 to 15 bb's are worth less to Hero than other chips because it is difficult to play this stack size. Therefore, taking a zero EV gamble to get above or below this interval might be worth it.

Now this particular situation with middle pair might not be a zero EV situation to play passively though...

[Vuron00]

If I have a good read on SB and know that he will CB a lot in these situations, I may just call here even though it seems weak.

I've seen a lot of these where guys will always fire at least one shot from the SB, and then check it down to the river if they're called. You could call one bet, and then either fold to another bet on the turn, check behind, or fire your own shot on the turn if it's checked to you.

This pretty much depends on a good read, though.

[KingDan]

Against some players this can be raised with any two.

In this situation against an unknown I would raise, you have way too good a hand to fold.