Preflop Raise Call or Fold

Bernard Silva

EP1 limps 2, EP2 limps 2, Mp1 limps 2, Mp2 limps 2, cutoff limps 2, button limps 2, I raise to 22 in the sb with a6 hearts. EP1-MP2 FOLD. Cutoff reraises all in for 53 and button flats for 53 more. Button has 80 dollars remaining.

If I call I am getting 4.39:1 to one on a call. However the SPR will be below 1 and I will have to jam any flop.

If I raise all in I'm only getting 1.95:1 assuming I have no fold equity.
So what do I do? In the hand I folded.

dnoyeB

First, I wouldn't have raised that from the blinds with a buncha limpers.
Second, I cut my losses and fold. A preflop check raise is rediculous. Looks planned.

Austin

I wouldn't raise either unless they have been folding to aggression. Usually get 2-3 callers for $20 more and your in a bloated pot oop. Depends on table dynamics..

As played
About $6 in limpers
Co $53
Btn $53
Hero has $22 already in the middle.

With those odds you gotta call $31 more to see the flop. If you flop anything decent I would just shove vs Btn.

Bernard Silva

The limpers are limping with nearly a 100% open range and can't withstand heat on future betting rounds. Usually, they all fold and if they don't fold only 1 calls and I can blow him off the hand on the flop or turn. Also my image was supreme nitty, in this session as I was card dead and had a VPIP of 0% after 90 minutes.

Red

Considering you've 2 shorts stacks - CO starting with 55$, BU with 135$ - you should also adapt your range accordingly with their limp/fold ratio; and be ready for limp/shove (often with, in such case, a somehow wide and merged range).

You've to decide before raising if you're ready to play for (short) stacks preflop with A6s.

Bernard Silva wrote: »

The limpers are limping with nearly a 100% open range

So raise more. Any decent holding run great against junk

Bernard Silva wrote: »

and can't withstand heat on future betting rounds.

This is but wrong. Or it is without further info. withstanding heat depends on your pot odds and equity.
If you call, a shove from Villain on flop will be for you to call 80 in a 174$ pot or pot odds of 80/(174+80+80) = 24%. So you'll need to win at least 1/4 to be +EV (on the flop).
Can you? What is your equity HU (side pot) and MW (main pot) ?

Also you've to consider Villain's range. Does he limp/call 53$ with TT ? KJo ? A5s? How would you assume him playing these hands postflop ? Can you exclude hands because he didn't limp/re-raise (like AA) ?