$1 NLHE STT: Bubble spot - what would you do?

[Caesura]

$100/$200 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 28 10 2012 10:06:36
Tournament #42258413 $0.85 + $0.15 - Table #1 (real money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: AAAAA ( $3,915 )
Seat 3: CAESURA ( $4,240 )
Seat 4: BBBBB ( $1,300 )
Seat 10: VILLAIN ( $4,045 )
AAAAA posts small blind [$100]
CAESURA posts big blind [$200]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to CAESURA [ Jd, Ad ]
BBBBB folds
VILLAIN raises [$500]
AAAAA folds
CAESURA calls [$300]
** Dealing flop ** [ 2s, 7d, Ah ]
CAESURA bets [$1,100]
VILLAINraises [$3,545]

 

[WiZZiM]

check flop and see what happens. The idea is to keep the pot small as we have a shortstack present and our goal at the moment is to make it ITM.

 

[Sori]

As played, I think you need to fold to his flop raise. He could easily have you dominated here.

 

[OzExorcist]

Is just shoving preflop too aggro?

 

[Sori]

Is just shoving preflop too aggro?

I would think it depends on the villian. If he is opening wide to exploit tightness on the bubble I think shoving could be a good move. However, if he folds to 3bets regularly and only 4-bet shoves with top of his range, maybe just a min 3bet so you can fold if the 4bet comes? Doubt you would have enough info for that thinking though.

 

[WiZZiM]

Is just shoving preflop too aggro?

risk/reward isn't great. Huge risk shoving into relatively unknowns at micro stakes. The reward we get doesn't increase our equity or table presence by enough either.

I like the min-bet if we know he's a thinking player sori, if we know that then he knows he only has two moves- fold or shove. However at this level, you will get a lot of flat calls which puts you in a messy c-bet situations postflop that can be very costly.

 

[Caesura]

Here is what happened:

CAESURA calls [$2,445]
** Dealing turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing river ** [ 4s ]
** Summary **
CAESURA shows [ Jd, Ad ]
VILLAIN shows [ 9s, Ks ]
VILLAIN collected [ $8,190 ]