stack sizes and corresponding play

[ACPlayer]

You are 4 off the button. Blinds are 4 chips and 8 chips and ante is one chip. The game is no limit HE. The final table has just been formed, every body gets paid. The real money is as usual in the top places.

UTG has gone all in for 1 chip. You have 77. All fold to you.

1. You have about 20 chips and are the third lowest stack.
2. You have about average chips.
3. You are among the chip leaders.

First appears to be an easy push in hoping to pick up the 11 chips that UTG is not eligible for and gambling for the rest.

Whats the play with the other stack sizes?

[cferejohn]

On a short stack, definitely go all in. For 2 and 3, it depends alot on the texture of the game. If there are still a lot of people limping to see flops, then go ahead and limp (I would certainly limp here early in the tournament, or in a small relative blind-size no-limit ring game).

If the game has consisted mostly of people buying the blinds, then you can consider attempting to do that with a 3-4x the BB raise. However, with 77, if someone comes back over the top with a big raise, you will probably have to lay it down (unless they go all in with a relatively small stack).

[ohkanada]

1) All-in.

2) Not sure what the average chips are.

3) Make a typical raise to 3xBB or so.

Ken Poklitar