Button play on the bubble, two table turbo SNG

Game type: 2 table Turbo No Limit SNG
Your image: TAG, heavy on the tight.
Stage of tourney: Top 4 pays
Avg stack: 6750
Misc notes: The short stack will basically run out of chips after the blinds
Your hand: ??

The Setup: You are down to the final five players out of a starting field of eighteen in thes $55 2 table NL Turbo SNG. Top four will make the money, which breaks down as follows: 4th = $99, 3rd = $198, 2nd = $297, 1st = $396.

UTG folds, and, to your surprise, the CO, who barely has enough chips to post the BB, folds. This is a turbo tournament, and blinds increase every five minutes. The blinds will likely be up to 500/1000 by the time the BB gets to you.

What range of hands should you push all in with in this spot?

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Sam

I’d actually really go on with the premium hands. As you say, player B will be out very soon and the SB situation is not that good either, so he could move with a marginal hand and get caught. I think you have strong chances that either B or the SB will be eliminated before you, so just wait to be in the money and start taking risks then.

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matt tag

Your M is 3.2 right now, it will be under 2 when the blinds go up. I think if you wait to be “in the money”, you might not have enough chips left to crawl out and compete and you’ll have to settle for 3rd/4th place. I would push all-in with any face card as long as I’m the first in the pot and try to win this thing.

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drhoho

I vote any ace, pair or broadway cards.
I would hate myself if I got caugth bluffing on the bubble, but with a hand better than average two hands it would be a bit pathetic to bubble play with 6 BBÃ‚Â´s left. Remember the blinds are just as concerned about bubbling as you, and they will probably fold a lot of decent hands.

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Jones Dog

Gotta be aggressive here if the goal is to win, if it is just to get paid then only premium hands.

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Frank.

Im pushing with any two cards here. There is no gurantee that the shortstack will be eliminated whne the blinds hit him, and a doulbe up puts him over 3k in chips. I also will be credited with having a solid hand regardless with what I push with because of my table image, and my goal is to win the tournament. I have enough chips to not make it worthwhile for either of the blinds to call without a premium hand, and when I pick up the blinds I will move to 2nd in chips to start the next hand. This will put me in a better position to win the tournament rather then just cash. And the reason I favor any two cards is because regardless of what you push with you are only going to get called by monsters. So pushing with a hand like 76s is actually better then pushing with 88 or AJ when you are going to get called by AA or KK anyways. Unless you are pushing with a premium hand you do not want to be called

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dirkj

It’s true you have to be aggressive to, win but playing to win is not always the best goal in a SNG. On a regular tournament bubble of course you would be playing to win, but in a SNG where getting into the bubble is more than your buyin back you have to play to get into the money.

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Geronimo

I’m pushing with any two cards. It would be stupid to push unless you have a premium hand because you’re almost in the money. Everybody should be aware of that so you’ll only be called by another premium hand.

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