Re: Bubble push
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I never like pushing against the one stack that could bust me at the bubble. The other 2 stacks will be extremely short if the blinds get thru them and you can probably continue stealing off of them, however their calling standards are going to be decreasing along with their stacks so you will want to make sure you don't get caught with your hand in the cookie jar.
I think this is a fold, you cannot raise without breaking your stack and comitting yourself to the pot and he would push vs any raise you would make anyways. If this was against one of the short stacks I would push so fast it would give me carpal tunnel syndrome, however you are risking a call any time you have all your chips in the middle and 77 is not a hand that I like to get called with when I push. I mean it is a marginal favorite vs the majority of hands but none the less you will be outdrawn or walk into a bigger hand a good portion of the time.
Versus the one stack that can bust me I am going to avoid all conflict until we are in the money. I mean, if I knew he wouldnt call with big face cards (A/j,q,k and KQs possibly) I would push a wider array of hands however if he is prone to calling heads up without odds (like I see players doing all the time) I would just push JJ and up, that is it. Calling standards should always be higher than playing standards so you have to assume he won't call unless he wakes up to a monster, which he did. However, I still feel that folding here and pushing vs the short stacks is your best option.
I think you are missing a key concept, and that isn't what cards you have in your hand. There is so much more going on here than you having 77 and pushing. Just stay aggressive vs the short stacks and avoid conflict with the big stack.
Of course you don't have to listen to what I have to say. I mean, I would have folded JJ if I was him.
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You are saying u wouldn't call w/ JJ? Y not? Also, when stealing from the other 2 shorties-- how do u suggest i steal? Min raising or pushing? What if i try a steal w/ 77 and big stack comes over the top, which he can do w/ any 2... Are the times u have the big stack to your left -EV and it creates a situation where stealing w/ a medium stack is very dangerous.
I understand the concept of pushing into the big stack w/ a medium sized one. His calling standards SHOULD be quite high, because if he calls and wins/loses he is giving up a TON of equity to the smaller stacks-- or does this concept only apply when ITM?
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