Standards for pushing on bubble

fiyah · #1 03-15-2005, 01:31 PM

What are your standards for pushing when its 4/5 handed when you have a stack of 1200 at the 800 starting stack PP SnGs blinds are 100/200? Lately I've been getting crushed pushing with KJo, K10o, and J7s. Are all these pushable hands? Am I just on a run of bad cards/flops?

therock · #2 03-15-2005, 02:10 PM

It really depends on position and stack sizes. Try posting some hands.

se2schul · #3 03-15-2005, 02:10 PM

This largely depends on the other stack sizes as well.
I'm in the process of improving my bubble play too right now. Something that is very important is not just stealing based on your cards, but rather steal based on your position and based on who you are stealing from.

Are you more likely to get called by a large stack that likes to bully, a medium stack waiting for you to bust out, or the desperate short stack? Who is a loose player? Who is tight? Are any of the people calling stations? Anyone weak/tight? Are they all super aggressive and likely to bust someone within a couple of hands if you just lay low?

These considerations will get you started. Everything after that, I'm still working on figuring out.

Good luck!