Medium Ace Heads Up in SNG | Daily Hand Quiz

Game type: $20 + 2 SNG
Your image: Strong
Misc notes: Opponent has played passively the whole game
Your hand: A♥T♣

Preflop: You’ve only been HU for half a dozen hands and your opponent has only folded, called and checked PF. Now he min-raises in the SB and you hold A♥T♣. What’s your move?

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drhoho

I voted raise.
Sure it is a tigth opponent, and sure he will call my all in with any better hand, but not analyzing his small raise there is only 3.429% chance he has you dominated with a higher A or pair 10+.
Maybe he just didnt raise 6 hands preflop, but if he only raises the best seventh part of hands, that is still 14.29%. So by that argument I will only be beat like every 4.th time I push here.
Maybe if blinds were half what they are, I would try just calling, but with less than 9BBÃ‚Â´s left there is no room for trying to outplay someone or see flops. If I am beat, just tough luck, shorstack heads up leaves little choice.

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DHQ Addict

Shove in, the blinds are too big here to fold after the call

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Mary

All-in.

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Eric

Heads up, you’re not likely to be worse than a coin flip in this situation, and with about 40% of the stack the other person has, you might as well get it in and pray. You’re already down to second, so you’ve made a good return, and you’ve got a decent hand.

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lespat

I think you have enough to see a flop here. You could read your opponent’s play up until this point one of two ways – as a weak player waiting for a hand who now stumbled across a monster, or as a cautious player who was feeling you out a little before making a move.

Also, I don’t think you’ll ever get a weaker hand to call or a stronger hand to fold, so….

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