Re: $16: push ANY two from the SB?
 

Oh, and incidentally, I'm pushing in this situation most of the time.

Re: $16: push ANY two from the SB?
 

Calling with any two?

That is -EV.

Re: $16: push ANY two from the SB?
 

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If the BB were me, and you did this more than once or twice, I'd be calling with any 2 with that kind of stack.

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To be fair, two hands is hardly a statistical sample.

[/ QUOTE ]I know anything can happen on one hand, but come on, you gotta believe a two hand sample.

Re: $16: push ANY two from the SB?
 

This has gotta be where I'm going wrong...

Re: $16: push ANY two from the SB?
 

If he's pushing with any 2 with < 13 BB, it's neutral EV.

Re: $16: push ANY two from the SB?
 

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If he's pushing with any 2 with < 13 BB, it's neutral EV.

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You can't make that assumption 100 % of the time though.

If I have pushed 3-4 times in a row (note in the OP he said he pushed 4 times in the whole TOURNY, not in a row), I might tighten up a little bit (if I have the stack for it).

Re: $16: push ANY two from the SB?
 

Yeh, I agree - but that's why I won't push any two, because it means you'll be called more in the future. I'd rather pick a better spot some of the time. I just want to be clear that I don't think this is one of those times though, I'm going to be going all-in here.

Re: $16: push ANY two from the SB?
 

i fold this. i'm probably pushing about 50% of my hands here. if the blinds were 200/400 i'm pushing this

edit: i just noticed it's the first level of 100/200. i'm definitely waiting for a better hand

Re: $16: push ANY two from the SB?
 

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You're still short stack if you steal the blinds. So what do you think getting the blinds here is going to accomplish?

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Many things:

Keeps you from getting blinded out faster.

Increases your stack size by a large amount.

Most importantly, it increases your FE in later hands, allowing you to continue to push, pick up blinds, stay alive and eventually win the tournament.

This is a clear push and SNGPT agrees.

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A) Even stars turbo blinds go up way slower than on party - this is really a non issue.

B) 300 chips here isn't a large amount. Those chips do nothing for you. You're still the short stack. And you're risking your tournament life with a hand that will be 30:70 if called.

C) How does pushing after you've already pushed quite a few times increase your FE? Did you notice some players have 3x as many chips as you and you've been pushing a lot lately?

D) SNGPT doesn't play the stars turbos - I do.