Short-Handed Play

When the field of players in a single table tournament is only 4-5 what sort of hands are OK to call bets with? For instance, let's say my chip stack is 10XBB and someone in front of me raises to 3xBB. What is a range of hands i can call with?

[runner4life7]

only hands you want to go all in with

Could you be more specific? Like give a range of hands for ex. AA-44, AKs-A4s, AKo-A6o?, KQ-K8?, QJ-Q8?, JT-J8? suited connectors?

[bawcerelli]

well it depends on the buy in and your read of the raiser, but in general when getting down to just 10xBB, you only want to be reraising (not calling) with premium hands. A better strategy is to open raise the pot yourself and hope everyone folds.

[gildwulf]

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better than hands you want to go all in with

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fyp

[pokerlaw]

if you have 10X BB and someone raises 3X BB, i dont think you should be calling with anything frankly. push or fold.