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Originally Posted by loololollo
I've been poker for 4 years or so - is this the shove or fold era? I've always employed the stratergy of just shoving with 15bbs or under, I had no idea that it was optimal to play differently.
About 5 years ago, I was taught that "If you have <15bb, you only have two options: shove or fold" and I just kind of believed it for two or three years (I rarely played tourneys). It was only when I did a bit of reading, studying, and watching better players, that I learned that there are other options*.
That said, there are still a lot of 'old skool' players that haven't adapted to changing game dynamics. (Witness Johnny Chan's 20bb spewjam with 85o in the WSOP Main Event last year or the year before.)
* In a similar vein, cashgame tutorials would say things like "Always open for 3bb, and c-bet between half and full pot", and then solvers came out and now I'm minraising pre, and betting anything from 1/4 pot to 3x pot.