Today you’ll be playing a tough spot in a Tournament where you open-raise to 2.5 BBs in Middle Position, the Big Blind reraises you to 10 BBs and you call.
The first thing to note about this spot is the very low Stack to Pot Ratio (SPR). There are 21.5 BBs already in the pot and only 40 BBs left to play in stacks, for an SPR of less than 2 to 1. This low SPR has dramatic effects on correct strategy.
First, the low Stack to Pot Ratio will incentivize us to protect vulnerable but high equity top pair hands with a raise on the flop.