Ak vs shortstacks

[acc2020]

I've been losing a bit of money with my  s recently against some tight shortstack students.

This example happened a few times over the weekend in 50p/£1 cash game.

Straddle £2
call
call
I raise on button with  to £16 , playing approx £170
Tight student  in small blind flat calls ( has £14 left )
One more caller ,so pot is just over £50
flop 
Tight student bets his last £14 , other guy passes.
I know he doesn't have aces or kings but know he at the very least he has a pair whether a pocket or has hit the board.In these instances I've been calling the few quid it costs to call with effectively Ace high knowing i need to get lucky.

The last few weekends a few of these students have been sitting down with £20 and taking it up to £60/£80 and then leaving giving us little chance of getting it back.

Given their tiny stack sizes am i doing the right thing by calling? Or should i relinquish by cards if they jam and i miss? I must of donated about £200 this past weekend to these kids in hands similar to the one I've explained above.

[AndrewT]

Someone's betting £14 into a pot of £50?

You must call - you're betting £14 to win £64, Assuming you have 6 clean outs you're about 3/1 to hit and are getting 4/1 on the call.

[cambridgealex]

These guys tilt the fk out of me. Its a snap ainec, just get there more often.

[pleno1]

Lol they tilt me soooo hard too. I busted 7 of them in a row last weekend though 

I generally just play super aggro vs them, they are usually really nitty and if I have a value hand that may be dodgy post flop if they do a stop and go, I just make it enough pre so that it's +ev to call post flop no matter the board.