$2 NLHE Full Ring: flopped 2 pair multi-way vs broken stacks

Casey55 · Jul 16, 2021

UTG+1 seemed fishy. When MP goes all in on the flop for 0.65 cents I believe his range is two pairs and combo draws, I don't put many KK,QQ,JJ in his range because of his limp/call actions pre, Should this be a shove over the top or do I want the other villain to stay in the hand ? turn comes a brick and it goes x/x, on the river villain shoves 34cents into a pot of 2.47, I can never fold here but should I have put him all in on the flop or turn? I did not know he was going to call flop but on the turn I had the opportunity although I don't know if I had any fold equity on the turn because of the Pot in relation to what he had behind.

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.01/$0.02 - 9 players

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UTG: $2.65 (133 bb)

UTG+1: $1.14 (57 bb)

MP: $0.80 (40 bb)

MP+1: $3.62 (181 bb)

LP: $2.00 (100 bb)

CO: $1.02 (51 bb)

BU (Hero): $2.39 (120 bb)

SB: $2.22 (111 bb)

BB: $2.14 (107 bb)

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Pre-Flop: ($0.05) Hero is BTN with J♥ Q♦

1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.02, MP calls $0.02, MP+1 calls $0.02, LP checks, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.15, 2 players fold, UTG+1 calls $0.13, MP calls $0.13, 2 players fold

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Flop: ($0.52) Q♣ K♦ J♣ (3 players)

UTG+1 checks, MP bets $0.65 (all-in), Hero calls $0.65, UTG+1 calls $0.65

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Turn: ($2.47) 6♠ (3 players, 1 all-in)

UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

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River: ($2.47) K♥ (3 players, 1 all-in)

UTG+1 bets $0.34 (all-in), Hero calls $0.34

Sidetracked · Jul 16, 2021

That river King is a horrible card, but given the tiny all in bet, I think you probably have to call.

One other option could have been to raise all in on the flop to try to get heads up with the smallest stack, but flatting allowed the 2nd villain to stay in the hand.

Hermus · Jul 16, 2021

A good rule of thumb is to just always shove if the stack to pot ratio is so small that you have to call a shove anyway. That way you benefit from maximum fold equity from your stack and you force the opponent to make a harder decision. Note that your decision doesn't change since all the money is going in all the time.