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Playing the bubble when there are very small short stacks.

ShaunyTShaunyT Member Posts: 619
edited January 2014 in The Poker Clinic
Here the real life scenario;


In the £300 bounty hunter, I've nearly covered my buy in with 2 heads. The blinds were 400/800 my stack is around 9000, with 11 players left on two tables. I open the other table and somebody has a 1400 stack and another player on that table has 2200. I get dealt AJ on the button, I was in 2 minds to raise or just shove. I decided to raise and get shove on from the sb. Now if I had folded I would have had about 8bb left, if I win the hand I get a full double up to a decent stack. Given prize money was small for first few place paid is my call here silly? as I've practically thrown away money (I know I still wasn't guaranteed to cash).

As it happens I called and had run into AKs.


Obviously there is the "play for the win" mentality. Just wondering what people think in the long term with regard to profitable play and bankroll building?


Cheers




Shaun

Comments

  • AcidMan27AcidMan27 Member Posts: 3,752
    edited January 2014
    Play for the win and call.


  • cenachavcenachav Member Posts: 2,682
    edited January 2014
    Always always always go for the win.  Bubbling 9 tournies and winning one will be worth more then min cashing 10.  
  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited January 2014
    Going for the win, but with that scenario, with 11xBB I'm definitely just open shoving rather than raise/calling it off. You'll get called SO wide in the cheap BHs anyway, wouldn't be surprised to see a shove get snapped off by A3o.
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