I was reviewing my session and came upon a hand which after analyzing with Icmizier (chip EV) kinda confused me, so here i am.

The format in which this hand was played is a 45man 1.50, but i would like to hear opinions as a general approach to this spot in maybe higher buy ins or higher MTT SNGs.

The actual hand i had is quite irrelevant as i am looking for a general range solution/explanation in this spot and not one for my actual hand. (since Icmizer says it's an any 2 spot)

Hero is in SB with 19bbs (150/300).Villain is in CO with 24bbs and is a LAG random with 37/24 with 33% 3bet, he min opens, btn folds and it's my turn.

Now, when i reviewed this hand in ICMizer i gave villian a 30% open range (he might be even wider than that but it seemed accurate) and i gave him a 9% call vs resteal shove range . With these numbers Icmizier's chip EV evaluation says that i should be shoving any 2.

I really don't know if i should be shoving any 2 with 19bbs here, or is that just the perfect stack which leads Icmizier into calculating that it is an any 2 spot?

I guess i should be pretty wide restealing here but should i really be any 2 wide? I know the answer strongly depends on what i think of villains call vs resteal range and on his opening range, which is obviously very wide. How do you guys approach these kinds of spots, what would you do versus a TAG reg here?

Any opinions would be appreciated.

P.S i double checked and i am very sure i put all of the numbers correctly into the calculator. (yes, this is how much i am confused)

Cheers

I would give that villain 50% open and 18% call vs. resteal raise, LAG knows he is a LAG, so he'll call you down a lot lighter as well.

Finally, its a SNG, so you should consider ICM ($$$ EV vs. Chip EV).

Would still expect it to give you a very wide shove range though.

So would you say that for a future review it would be smart for me to compare both chip EV and ICM EV, even tho a spot is still a nice bit of levels away from even the money bubble.

The way that i've been approaching ICM in these SNGs lately is that i've only taken it into account when either very close to the bubble (4-6 spots away, which for a 45man with only 7 spots payed would mean with 11-12 people left) or right when the bubble starts (and obviously afterwards).

As i am quite new and i'm still trying to grasp the entire idea of an MTT SNG, would you say i should start taking it into consideration far earlier?

Thanks for the input

ICM is a big consideration. With all the overlay from antes and blinds in short stacked tournaments and the fact that even 23o has 35% against ak there are a lot of spots that are + chip EV with any two but may not be the best play. I think you can find better spots in a $1.5 SNG. Also if you widen your re-shove ranges to take everyone of these spots then people will start adjusting and calling lighter.