Bounty Hunters vs Regular MTT's - Strategy differences?

Duesenberg

99%+ of my poker volume over the years has been in cash games and of the MTT's I have played, I could probably count on one hand the number that have been bounty hunters. However, I have managed to luckbox myself a free seat into the Super Sunday main event and could do with a little bit of advice from those more experienced than me.

The particular thing I'm curious about is whether or not the effect of having a bounty on your head would/should make a difference to your shove/fold range once short stacked?

As an example, I have a 10bb stack and it folds round to me in the cut off. There are no bubble considerations at this point and the players left to act all have me covered. In a regular MTT I would be open shoving from this spot with 22+, A2s+, 87s+ A7o+, JTo+ Q9s+ and K8s+. Regardless of whether or not you agree with this particular range, would you find youself tightening your overall shoving in this position in a BH vs a regualr MTT, or would the format make no difference to your shoving range once this short stacked? Also, if you would be tighter here in a BH, what would the bottom of your range look like compared to the above mentioned range as your starting point for a regular MTT?

P.S. I realise this probably isn't the correct forum to post this in but Poker Chat gets the most traffic and I'd really appreciate some replies! Also, any other tips for a BH novice would be greatly appreciated :-) 

gazza127

Too many variants to really delve into this.

You can get some erm... questionable calls in bounty hunters.  It would be relatively obvious from the outset which players on the table value their tournament life more than those who are just looking for a few quick bounties.

Players that satellite in will either nit up entirely which could be exploitable, or if they find themselves covering the entire table comfortably, some players would call off very wide indeed.

As it generally is in Poker you need to assess the table you have and make very specific judgement calls in the moment.

As a general rule of thumb though you would want to tighten your shove range by a fair bit, but this is simplifying it somewhat

chiggypig

In BHs people should and do call your shoves much lighter, because you have less fold equity I think you need to shove a little tighter