Part: Part Ten - Adjusting to Different Stacks

Adjust to the stacks behind you

Pre-flop
Blinds 400 / 800 (100 ante)Pot 2,100 (2.6 BB)Re-jammer behind • tighten your opensCOA♦9♣● 20,000 (25 BB)YOUyou have ~25 BBBTN● 50,000 (62.5 BB)Big re-jammerjams a lotSB● 20,000 (25 BB)posts 400 (0.5 BB)BB● 20,000 (25 BB)posts 800 (1 BB)D

You have about 25 BB in the cutoff with A♦9♣. Directly behind you sits a big stack who re-jams (three-bet shoves) constantly and covers you.

~25 BB in the cutoff with A♦9♣, a frequent re-jammer behind. Best?

WhyFold. Adjust your opens to the stacks behind you. A-9 offsuit is a fine open in a vacuum, but opening into a frequent re-jammer who covers you means you'll often face a shove you must fold to - bleeding chips. Tighten your opening range to hands that can withstand a jam, and let this one go.
What happensYou fold.  The player behind you changes your opening range.
You tightened your opening range because of who was sitting behind you - a covering re-jammer turns marginal opens into chip leaks, so you only open hands that can take the heat.

Adjust your opening range to the stacks behind you - with a frequent re-jammer who covers you to act, tighten to hands that can withstand a shove.