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[pokerlaw]

In this situation, I have folded Ax, KJ, 22-66 and similar hands IF I had previously been pushing relentlessly with success (this also occurs more on the bubble, but the current stack sizes place you with a great chance of getting first).

My reasons for doing so are that that range still leaves me a 35-45% chance of losing to the almost inevitable call AND more importantly, my fold lets the SB and BB battle it out, allowing me to potentially be heads up or with the bigger lead over both stacks, both good things. I guess what I am saying is while pushing here is almost certainly +EV, folding and waiting for a more +EV situation later is fine by me.

Here, A8o is a VERY close decision given the right circumstances. I can be quite comfortable folding if I feel the opponents are beatable enough for me to outplay them heads up and/or steal theirs and defend my blind after this hand. most times I push, especially in a 1 table tourney (compared to 2 and 3 table tourneys).