AA CO on 875fd: Punish Small Donks

Hero
A♣A♠
Position
CO vs BB
Pot
Limped Pot
Flop
5♠ 8♠ 7♣

Preflop is strong, and in the 4‑bet pot we should just get AA in cleanly versus the small donk instead of using awkward raise sizes.

Flop Analysis

With an overpair and SPR under 1, we should just commit versus the small donk; the only refinement is to use a clean shove rather than a big non‑all‑in raise. **Board:** This texture is very draw‑heavy: straights (46, 69) and strong draws (e.g. 9s6s, 6s4s, 9Ts) exist, so AA wants to deny equity rather than slowplay, especially with only one card higher than a five. **Math:** Pot is ~76BB, villain bets 15.2BB and has ~41BB behind; shoving ~56–57BB over the donk is ~0.75x pot and prints versus all worse overpairs, top pairs, and combo draws while never folding out better. **Plan:** Raising big is functionally committing stacks, but jamming simplifies decisions, avoids leaving an odd 1BB behind, and maximizes fold‑equity versus semi‑bluffs while realizing our equity immediately. --- > **Takeaway:** In low‑SPR 4‑bet pots versus small donk bets, commit big overpairs with simple shoves instead of awkward raise sizes.

Note: Getting it in with AA is correct, but raising to 54BB instead of shoving is a clumsy size that overcomplicates an SPR≈1 spot.

Flop Analysis

Once we’ve effectively committed stacks and are facing a tiny remaining raise for 1BB into a huge pot, calling is automatic with any made hand including AA.