Would you say that after level 3 or 4 in a SNG, you're pretty much...

[mithong]

pushing or folding? you dont really call unless you're an uber stack.. right?

[Cleveland Guy]

NO

[spentrent]

More or less. What else can you do with a stack smaller than 10BBs? Sometimes I'll limp or min-raise monsters if there's a maniac on my left who always pounces on perceived weakness...

[multifast1]

You're talking what.. blinds of 50/100 at level 4? Probably at least 5-6 players left usually. I don't think it's push or fold at this point unless you're at or under 5X BB. Too much poker left to play just to increase my stack by stealing 150t. Again it depends on the hand and position but I definitely wouldn't say automatic push/fold yet.

[Sam T.]

It depends.

If I'm in the blinds, and think the villain is on a steal, I might try a stop-n-go.

In later stages I've also been experimenting with pre-flop raises of 2.5 BB. It's not usually a huge difference, but when the blinds really get up there it can help.

If you are in this position a lot, you might want to loosen up a bit in the early rounds - attack the unraised pots mercilessly. Having a big stack is a good thing. (Duh.)

Sam

[Rolen]

Pretty much. Certainly it's a raise/fold mode. Don't think i've called the BB past level 4 for weeks!

[Cleveland Guy]

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You're talking what.. blinds of 50/100 at level 4? Probably at least 5-6 players left usually. I don't think it's push or fold at this point unless you're at or under 5X BB. Too much poker left to play just to increase my stack by stealing 150t. Again it depends on the hand and position but I definitely wouldn't say automatic push/fold yet.

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This is one big reason I prefer Pokerroom to Party.

With 5 People left and blinds at 75/150 the average stack on party is right at 10XBB

At pokerroom it's still around 20.

There is plenty of time to play poker still.