Push/Fold charts on Final Tables - How much "Far From the Money" strategy conflicts with ICM?
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 216
I've been using the Kill Everyone push/fold charts mainly below 15BB's for quite a while now. That's a strategy the authors consider optimal when far from the money. Regarding that I have two questions (assume for play with 15BB's or less):
1) How much should you adjust those charts when approaching the bubble? You still need to grab +EV spots because the big money is far away, but you also don't want unnecessary risks.
2) How much should you adjust those charts on the final table? I assume the charts to prompt spots where shoving is +chipEV then folding but how do they conflict with ICM on the Final Tables?
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 68
I haven't seen those charts.
Remember to adjust for M all the way as we always have antes now.
At small stakes they aren't playing nash. You don't even have fold equity on the bubble v many fish at these stakes.
Final table shoves are very tight when I run them in SNG wizard. Except maybe bu/ SB.
For example
It was down to 4 handed (7 paid), and I was short stack with 6bb (4M). It gave co shoving range of A9, A7s, KQ, KTs, QTs, JTs, T9s, 44+. Yet the tight nash chart I use
(has an sb edge) , was way wider.
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 6,733
They spend a large portion of the book discussing "Bubble Factors" to exactly answer this question.
