$5.50 NLHE STT: Fold 44 UTG. Too nitty or playing smart?

[nabmom]

BB is pretty loose and has been showing a lot of aggression and is about even in stack size with me. MP is the chip leader. Button and SB are very short-stacked.

I think this is too loose a hand to shove with

Thoughts?

Merge - $0+$0.00|<> NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 1,447.00
SB: 1,195.00
BB: 2,796.00
Hero (UTG): 2,815.00
CO: 5,247.00

BTN posts ante 25.00, SB posts ante 25.00, BB posts ante 25.00, Hero posts ante 25.00, CO posts ante 25.00, SB posts SB 150.00, BB posts BB 300.00

Pre Flop: (pot: 575.00) Hero has 4♣ 4♦

fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 1,170.00 and is all-in, fold

 

[BlueNowhere]

Shove, I really think folding is really bad here.

 

[Jillychemung]

You've got less than 5 orbits left, this is an easy shove here.

 

[Loonbat]

Shove, I really think folding is really bad here.

QFT

 

[CrossedLine]

I'm new and confused, why is folding so bad? A pair of 4s is not exactly prime real estate?

 

[jordanbillie]

Auto shove

 

[BlueNowhere]

I'm new and confused, why is folding so bad? A pair of 4s is not exactly prime real estate?

Because folding has a worse expectation than shoving.

 

[doomasiggy]

I'm new and confused, why is folding so bad? A pair of 4s is not exactly prime real estate?

Stack size. With this short a stack and with this many players left we should be looking to shove 44 here.