This is not a hand I played but one I happened to see and was talking to somebody about recently. I was not 100% sure what the right thing to do was here as it is a difficult spot. The game is on 888 poker.com and have been at the table for about 45 minutes, there is nothing unusual going on and it is the standard level of micro limit play. The villain in this hand is a normal micro stakes player who has not really been out of line from what little I have seen.
Blinds are 15c/30c and the hero has about $50 in front of him. The villain in the hand covers him so the stacks are a bit deeper than the normal 100BB online game. One thing I should mention is that the game is 10 handed.
In the hand the villain limps for early position and the hero wakes up with AA so raises to $1.50, gets two callers and the original limper also calls, so we go 4 way to the flop which is
-10d-Jd
Not the nicest flop 4 way but we have to bet out and with $6.50 in the pot, the hero bets out $5 after the villain checks. The other two callers fold and the villain raises it up to $15.
So the hero has put $8 into the pot which is now $27.50. It is $10 to call and see the turn and we have around $42 left behind. What is the best play here? I think if we are raising we have to shove as we will commit ourselves anyway and the board is too dangerous to flat call, although we would be in position on the turn. We can't even consider folding can we?
Simple Shove?
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