Bubble Steal

[KingDan]

From the 30s
I have been stealing a lot, have not shown many weak hands, but I did call a shortstack allin with 7-8 suited not that long ago when I was clearly getting odds.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (4 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

SB (t1300)
BB (t2225)
UTG (t755)
Hero (t3720)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
fold to me I push


I figure BB needs a nice hand to call because of the shorter stacks (almost half utgs stack is going in next hand.

Would raising enough to put small stack allin ,giving myself a chance to bailout be better? I think that encourages him to take shots at me with something he may have folded.

[Voltron87]

I like. All in. I do this with any 2 if I think the table is tight.

[lastchance]

If SB and BB are smart, this is a pretty easy push. That said, I don't think you can expect SB and BB to be smart much of the time.

So, eh.... Reads and buyin? I think I'd push normally.

[Newt_Buggs]

I usually push 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif3/images/graemlins/heart.gif without a second thought here

[KingDan]

Thanks, I am a pretty big fan of getting very aggressive on the bubble, and wanted to sure I wasn't getting carried away.

Say we have a read that BB is a very loose fish. What should I be pushing then?

[beeyjay]

these are the bubble situations dreams are made of.

[psyduck]

This is great. I do this every time.

[KingDan]

Say I have a read the BB is VERY loose, then this is a bad push right? It becomes -ev for both of us?

[TWINUNO]

Might be a dump question, and i dont have the program to figure this out. Is the reason why this is a good push is because hes the large stack? Lets say he has the 3rd highest chip lead, would you push any two in this situation.