Under those conditions, if I'm the hero, I will shift to a waiting game for a few rounds. I'll let the other two fight it out. A3o is eactly the kind of hand that I know is potential trouble.
With the big stack it is (IMHO) a good idea to see how the other 2 adjust before getting more actively engaged.
Yeah, 3 handed and the opening requirements are way lower, but a player with only 8 bbs is looking to double up quick, so thats the first ingredient in our accessment of how this new adjustment works out. The guy with 20 bbs, vs the guy with 8 bbs will be hesitant to get it in against a shove by shorty. One could easily expect shorty to be the agro here. Shorty realizes that to get further, something is gonna have to happen real soon. He is (or should be) in shove mode.
Suppose you raise and the Villain 1 with 20BB goes all in. What would you do?
Under those conditions, if I'm the hero, I will shift to a waiting game for a few rounds. I'll let the other two fight it out. A3o is eactly the kind of hand that I know is potential trouble.
With the big stack it is (IMHO) a good idea to see how the other 2 adjust before getting more actively engaged.
Yeah, 3 handed and the opening requirements are way lower, but a player with only 8 bbs is looking to double up quick, so thats the first ingredient in our accessment of how this new adjustment works out. The guy with 20 bbs, vs the guy with 8 bbs will be hesitant to get it in against a shove by shorty. One could easily expect shorty to be the agro here. Shorty realizes that to get further, something is gonna have to happen real soon. He is (or should be) in shove mode.
Raise 2-2.5x. Fold to 20BB all in. Call the short stack 8BB all in.