Hi guys

Let´s read your thoughts about these FT hands

1.- Hand 1

[converted_hand][hand_history]PokerStars - 800/1600 Ante 200 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

SB: 39,532 (24.7 bb)
Hero (BB): 25,634 (16 bb)
UTG: 35,805 (22.4 bb)
UTG+1: 18,684 (11.7 bb)
MP: 27,184 (17 bb)
CO: 17,471 (10.9 bb)
BTN: 18,690 (11.7 bb)

7 players post ante of 200, SB posts 800, Hero posts BB 1,600

Pre Flop: (pot: 3,800) Hero has 9 A
5 folds, SB raises to 4,800, Hero raises to 25,434 and is all-in,

Ok, so you guys... fold? shove? call?...and WHY? I shoved because i think there is a lot of air trying to pressure my middle stack + i block his Ax hands + i dont fare that bad if being called...but probably is ICM suicide? hahaha

2.- Hand 2

Silly little hand, but nevertheless....big stack to my left has been bullying me a lot of times when i tried to steal the blinds...as a result i was kind of "stuck" bleeding chips because blinds come faster and i can not steal the blinds

So do we: fold? shove? raise/fold?

I suppose there is no solution to this but to sit tight and expect others to bust (or get a big hand) but just curious...

[converted_hand][hand_history]PokerStars - 800/1600 Ante 200 NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

CO: 29,332 (18.3 bb)
Hero (BTN): 31,234 (19.5 bb)
SB: 83,795 (52.4 bb)
BB: 22,968 (14.4 bb)
UTG: 15,671 (9.8 bb)

5 players post ante of 200, SB posts 800, BB posts 1,600

Pre Flop: (pot: 3,400) Hero has A 2
2 folds, Hero ???

Just buy a sub to icmizer and plug in the payouts it'll give you an icm output or a chip ev one if you're not on an FT etc.

I don't expect much air per se in their 3x range but A9s seems plenty strong there.

H1 - nh I agree V can raise fairly light here given ICM pressure we are under but ICM pressure goes onto V when we shove

H2 - we are in the worst ICM position here as 2nd v CL so need to reduce both r/c and r/f ranges - we can continue to shove some hands we wouldn't want to r/c with but I think A2o is just too weak - would think we could shove low-medium pps here

would be interesting to ICMise though for shove ranges

1) Happy with the shove there. You're in it to win the tournament and with 16bb and someone *most likely* stealing from SB I'd be shoving with that and hoping for a fold

2) I'm probably folding A2o here. You obviously can't raise as you'll probably get shoved on by the BB or the SB (if its a bounty tournament he could apply pressure) as it looks weak. A2o is just too dominated and with 19bb I'd be waiting for slightly better in this position.

1) In theory villain has an any two spot and we call off 10%. If villain is 3xing a wide range then can shove a wide range and exploit that. If villain is 3xing a polarized range, then it depends on how balanced villain is with premiums and trash. A9s is close against that.

2) We are shoving 19%, any suited A, 44+, all broadways+K9s-QTo-JTo. You can create a min open range with premiums and offsuit aces if you want to, like maybe if the big stack was a tighter player not exploiting ICM pressure.