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Originally Posted by DGekko
Yeah, but this is not a hand analyzes, Its just trying to figure out if you always Push on those spots being the correct EV Play
Well it can depend. Are there antes? How many players are left? What is avg stack size? What are payouts? What are you reads on villains in blinds and how will they react to different strategies? What is the overall toughness and setup of the table and what is your future expectation?
There's a reason people post specific hand histories.
Realizing that that not all 25bb btn vs 10bb blinds spots are created equal is gonna be the first leak you need to plug. Anytime you are thinking about a hand, all those things i mentioned should be the first things you think about before deciding how to construct ranges and strategies.
Id say if youre gonna be breaking down this hands into jamming part of your range and minraising part of your range, kts should prob go in the jam. Its too strong to r/f and most likely not strong enough to r/c. Youre usually going to want to r/f hands that are just on the margins of your overall playable range, just as t9o, j9o, j7s, 86s. And then balance that with a r/c range that is super nutted. Whether you need to equally balance or weight towards either being nutted or light with your nonjam range is going to depend on the specific situation and villains. Also deciding which hands to minraise is going to depend on whether villains are more likely to 3bet or call when they dont fold.
But then if it's a super soft table with moderate icm implications (winning 10bbs helps you a lot less than losing 10bbs hurts you) you might go the smallball route and limp in place of a lot of your minraises.
So in short, no. Jamming in these spots in not always the optimal play.