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Originally Posted by Ganaram
"Heck, even mucking the nuts could make sense in order to keep a short stack in the game longer"
oh my
He is talking about a bubble situation that is severly to your advantage. HOH pointed this out, but if you are the big stack short handed late with a couple of smaller stacks and someone who is crippled, you can punish the smaller stacks until the cripple is gone. They know he is dead and don't want to miss a pay bump when they can fold and wait. In that exact situation, you are better off with the cripple sticking around an extra orbit so you can inflict damage on the othe short stacks. In this exact situation, its really difficult to get into a hand with him where you have the ability to check/fold the river, but if you do, thats the only time I can imagine soft playing an opponent is the best decision.
Even still, I'd rather kill the cripple-its relaxes your opponents and, although you don't mind them playing scared, they are more likely to make a mistake when they know they will get something for their efforts.