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Originally Posted by nath
I think that all makes sense. I also think that whether or not we have to gain chips to cash is pretty dependent on how ICM-aware the other players are. There's also just significant advantage to jamming as the first player in, which certainly provides safer opportunities to get chips.
I think if CO has limped with any regularity (particularly if they've shown down Broadway-type hands when they do, but much less so if you've seen them limp and call big bets with hands like medium pairs), then jamming is sound. Otherwise, check back, hope you hit, and if not, then just get back to playing your bubble game and waiting for the other players to make a mistake.
Thanks for your reply!
I just realized I made a mistake while writing down the hand history. Villain (9BB) was on BUT, he limps, SB (6BB) folds, I'm in BB.
The absolute shortie (6 BB) looked like he knew what was going on and was ready to take it super slow and safe. The villain in this hand looked quite a bit less ICM-aware. My most notable hand against him before the FT was when we were still playing at 2 6-handed tables. UTG+1 I looked down on TT with 20 BB and I openjammed them all in (player in BB had maybe 12 BB, the rest of the players behind me had me covered). Villain called me from the BUT with KQo, which was quite shocking to me. The hand before the hand in my post villain lost 10 BB with AJ < AQ when the player on my left jammed 10 BB preflop and he snapcalled with AJ out of his SB. Obv, it's a call with AJ, but maybe he was a bit tilted from losing that hand and that led him to limp a weird hand from the BUT.
Overall, I didn't see him as the greatest player. I can't really imagine a hand with which it would be profitable to limp in that spot. Even if you decide to slowplay AA there I think limping is worse than minbetting.
Last edited by VanLunturu; 11-28-2023 at 07:36 AM.
Reason: made mistake in HH in OP