Quote Originally Posted by jackvance
stacks make this awkward in the first hand.. pot is $15, I have $27 left to play for.
yuck...well obv easy to say now, but reraising more preflop, like 9 or so, would've helped this. a pot sized reraise would've been about 9 anyways.

but as played, and with someone not likely to bet much when you check, and if he does bet he's probably not folding to a shove, I would either open push or check-call the flop and look at implied odds. check-call might even be best vs this guy.