I think it is smart that you're starting out by focusing on the shoves that are against a limited number of players as those will be the most frequent scenarios that pop up--way to go!
a rule that I will always shove (or play in some way) any Ace for ten bbs or less in the small blind (with the exception of very extreme ICM situations).
focusing on making the correct plays, getting our money in correctly and then zooming out to the long run when we will win the % of the time we’re supposed to.
I might be showing my nitt-i-ness here. Here is an instance of a game where I do shove with these kinds of hands pre-flop because stealthy moves at this level are few and far between...but again
As usual, my probability of winning is usually promising at the outset but diminishes rapidly.
The negative is unfortunately way more remembered than when we ourselves suck out on someone, which is just human nature.
Hey Katie - not to question the push fold charts/rules but to me it seems several of the spots in the video were quite loose.
@10:32 A/2 o in the CO - to me seems like a weak shove. I get the point being under 10bb, but A/2 off is a poopy hand and we have very little fold equity.
Likewise @16:34 A/8 rag - to me - seems like a weak shove. Considering we have approximately 17bb, a call seems like a better play here. It's a tough spot post flop anyway, flop tp with either card - check/call? Or just open folding allows us to conserve the remainder of our stack to find a better spot in 10+ orbits. Ace rags are the worst oop.
Lastly - the last hand pocket 55s - meh - I could go any one of any of the possible ways here - not just shove/fold. 3bet call/fold? Open fold?
As you stated - because of ICM - with the shorty in the bb with only 7bb, to me - the shove with 55s isn't considerate of that player busting before us. If btn had folded pre - for me - 55 is a slam dunk jam.
I agree with the push/fold common rules, but I've had better luck shoving suited broadways, suited connectors instead of rag aces, in optimal spots / stacks where the Ace rag is considered a shoveable hand.
Thanks for your hard work and input.
Yes the structure does influence how patient we can be. In a hyper-turbo tournament, we should almost always take a close spot with 15bb. In a slow speed tournament we might sometimes fold instead.
Most of the time the standard factors like position and effective stack are enough info. But where it's otherwise close, you're definitely right that structure factors like level length can be very important
I should repeat and consolidate my knowledge! Thank you very much!:icon_thum
Just want to add, that in low buyin MTTs its also going to be a very common occurence, that one or more players have limped into the pot, when the action gets to you. If the original limper has limped UTG with a 13BB stack and is playing 13/11, then its probably a trap, and I will typically fold or knock my option.
However the more typical scenario is, that a fish limp into the pot with some marginal holding, another fish limp behind, and then a reg limp behind on BTN. And in these kind of situations I feel, I have literally printed money by jamming it in with even fairly large stacks and either picking it up a ton or getting it heads up against someone, who decide to play the table sheriff with his 44 or his A6 offsuit
