TPTK facing short stack all-in and a coldcall.

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Loose Passive in this hand is a very poor player. He likes to call when confused, and I think he's a pretty confused guy.

The short-stack here just took a beat and I see him pushing a lot of hands here.

Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) converter

saw flop|

Hero ($60.75)</font>
BB ($50.00)
UTG (Steamer)/ ($11.75)</font>
MP (Loose-Passive)/ ($72.00)</font>
Button ($54.00)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]Steamer)/ raises to $2</font>, MP [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]Loose-Passive)/ calls $2, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero (poster) calls $1.75, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: ($6.50) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Steamer bets $9.75</font>, Loose-Passive calls $9.75...

I am pretty damn sure I have LP beat here. Steamer too. What's the plan? Call, and value bet into a side pot (he will pay)? Or try to shut out LP here with likely the best of it? LP has called some big bets drawing very thin, so a big enough raise here will come pretty close to pot committing me.

More to follow. Thanks.

NT