$2.20 NLHE MTT Turbo: $2.20: A5s as shortstack vs raise

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Afghani84

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Hey guys, curious to know whether you would push or fold against his raise here. Villain was unknown at that point.

pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.2 Tournament, 200/400 Blinds 40 Ante (8 handed)

Button (t5,500)
SB (t2,910)
BB (t2,260)
UTG (t4,620)
UTG+1 (t7,280)
MP1 (t3,620)
MP2 (t6,540)
Hero (CO) (t1,770)

Hero's M: 1.92

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, 5
3 folds, MP2 raises to t1,720, Hero ?
 
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I assume you are far from the money?

Tough one. But I'd push here, even though you have no fold equity.

You need several big wins to get back to a competitive stack, the antes are eating you alive, you will have low fold equity on future hands too with that stack, and a suited ace has at least 25% equity against anything except AA.
 
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With the shortstack, you could shove with worse and you can't wait too long to make your move.
 
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dpucciarelli

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Insta shove, you are too short.
 
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Shove 100% of the time here. And like Alex said, you’ve got to double several times to be competitive.
 
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I would also shove there any A becouse stack is so short
 
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You have no fold equity but you have to shove A5s with 4.5BB and hope for a double up.
 
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10BB i would consider folding but in this spot its a clear push. Also no good player is raising that much preflop so you might actually be ahead.
 
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Turbo- easy shove. Can't wait forever.
 
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Put your money in the middle but it is not a great situation for you. The only thing that you don't mention is how close you are to the money. If you are really on the bubble when I am this short I will just look to cash. I would be looking at the lobby to see if there are a few micro stacks below me. If there are then there is a good chance that I get in I will fold this. If you are already ITM then just get it in and try to find a few double up spots to hopefully make a final table run but odds are slim with this stack.

Other than that I cross my fingers and get it in.
 
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