STT hand. What would you do?

[spannerjago]

I haven't played since the PL Xmas game and I have decided to start playing again doing what I originally started doing when I took up poker, STTs. I have about 40€ on Virgin so I'm starting small with 1€ turbo 6 max STTs and using bankroll management to move up the stakes. As it's been a while since i've played poker and even longer since I've played STTs in anger I thought I would post a hand I had tonight where I was unsure what I should do. The game was 3 handed with me and the button short stacked and the blinds at 300/600 and up to 400/800 next hand with only 2 paid on a 70%/30% split. BTN: 1,090.00 SB: 5,275.00 Hero (BB): 1,135.00 SB posts SB 300.00, Hero posts BB 600.00 Pre Flop: (pot: 900.00) Hero has :3d: :Qd: BTN raises to 1,090.00 and is all-in, SB calls 790.00 Now, would you call and increase the chances of knocking out the other shorty or fold and hope the shorty busts and I limp into the money?

[slapdash]

Re: STT hand. What would you do? I think it's a clear call. If you fold, you're left with not much more than a small blind next hand, so you'd have to be quite lucky to improve your position. The only really likely way for you to affect your payout at this stage is to call. If you win the hand you're heads-up and not so far behind. If the big stack wins then you get second place, which is what you'd probably have got if you folded. If the short stack wins, then you'd probably have bubbled anyway. The only outcome to this hand where the decision about calling or folding makes a significant difference to your expected payout is when you'd win the hand. In that case, folding is a disaster, especially if the short stack wins. In any other case, whether you call or fold makes little difference.