Isolating The Shortstack

[AKProdigy 0]

No reads other than shorty's range here is fairly wide and he's pretty much a donk. Can you call the turn here?PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)UTG+1 (t2500)MP1 (t850)MP2 (t2605)MP3 (t1350)CO (t250)Hero (t1630)SB (t1420)BB (t1355)UTG (t4130)Preflop: Hero is Button with 8 , A . 5 folds, CO raises to t60, Hero raises to t300, 1 fold, BB calls t270, CO calls t190 (All-In).Flop: (t865) 5 , Q , 4 (3 players, 1 all-in)BB checks, Hero checks.Turn: (t865) A (3 players, 1 all-in)BB bets t1055 (All-In), Hero ?

[mjd 0]

The shortstack is irrelevant in this situation once you've created a sidepot and the BB has called. You should play the sidepot with the BB as if the short stack isn't even there. And, I'm not excited with your A8 for nearly all your chips.

[Yahkin 0]

I can't. The beauty is, you get to see what he was holding.

[AKProdigy 0]

The shortstack is irrelevant in this situation once you've created a sidepot and the BB has called. You should play the sidepot with the BB as if the short stack isn't even there. And, I'm not excited with your A8 for nearly all your chips.

Agreed: title is misleading, was meant to depict why I'm in this situation in the first place. It's basically a 2:1 call with TPWK. What range do you put villain on?

[Koana 0]

Hard to call there.What can you beat? If he has an ace, the you can only beat A7, A6, A3 or A2, all of these being pretty weak to try an all in with. Without a read, I think you fold and enjoy a look at villain's cards the make notes for later. Really sucks though when he shows the KK.

[jmbreslin 0]

The PF reraise with A8 seems a little over-aggressive for this stage of the tourney, no? It's not like you have a big stack you can start pushing people around with. I'm not a 180 player myself but this strikes me as being a bit too LAG.And, no, I don't think you can call the turn push. BB did call a raise and reraise in front, so I'd give him credit for AQ or AJ and let him have it.

[YBravo 0]

Yeah, fold pf at this stage of the tourney. A-8 is a pretty weak hand to make this move with. As played, easy fold on the turn. The overcall pf screams two big cards, most likely an A.