How to play Pocket 2s?

[OngBonga]

22 is marginal. I certainly am not open folding it pre flop in a three-handed game but it's better to fold pre than to play it like shit post flop. Folding 22 pre flop is nowhere close to a huge mistake, even short handed. It's just not that good a hand. It tends to win small pots and lose big pots, unless we have a set.

[Pen22]

22 is marginal. I certainly am not open folding it pre flop in a three-handed game but it's better to fold pre than to play it like shit post flop. Folding 22 pre flop is nowhere close to a huge mistake, even short handed. It's just not that good a hand. It tends to win small pots and lose big pots, unless we have a set.

Would you mind explaining the reasoning behind why going All In is mistake? I didn’t make that play but would like to better understand why it isn’t the right move. Thanks

[OngBonga]

Would you mind explaining the reasoning behind why going All In is mistake? I didn’t make that play but would like to better understand why it isn’t the right move. Thanks

You're never getting called by a hand you dominate, except maaaaaybe A2s but that's ambitious and it's a tiny part of villain's range. When he calls we're pretty much always either 50-50 or 20-80. So when he calls he's winning more than half the time.

We should shove 22 in this spot if we have less than 10 big blinds and we have the shortest stack, because we're more desperate to steal the blinds. We do not need to risk our starting stack with 22.