Daily Hand Quiz

Meh, boring quiz today. I am shoving pretty much any two cards here.

We’re really getting desperate and we are four knockouts away from the money – we can’t just fold our way there. I think we need to take a chance before we lose any fold equity that we have.

Our stack would seriously hurt every other player at the table right now, so their calling range is going to be pretty tight. However that will change pretty quickly if we let the blinds sweep through us again.

Another consideration is that I’d rather take a chance to shove and steal the blinds while we are still five-handed. Once we’re on the final table it will be much harder to find a good spot to get it in, so I’d rather make a move here and hopefully be in a little better shape for when we are nine-handed.

Whether we shove 75% or ATC doesn’t make a significant enough difference for me to nitpick between hands like 96s or 82o – the range of hands that would call us have us crushed to the same tune give or take a couple of per cent. So I’m getting it in here pretty much regardless.

Let’s not allow ourselves to be dwindled to nothing. Play the short stack aggressively here I say.

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without having any idea how the table is playing, i chose premiums only. if there is loose enough action, we’re going to get called and possibly bounced out of the tourney if we shove junk here. any decent players know that if youre getting short and worried about the blinds hitting you, your range will be wide.

if we wait, our stack will still be able to do damage after the blinds, and more importantly, if you have to shove junk, you want to do it in late position not utg. sure, we have 10 bbs, but one double up and we’re near the head of the pack. im waiting for a better spot. hopefully we find a nice hand and get it in good.

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This can be solved in SnG Wizard which calculates shoving and folding ranges based on ICM factors. We need to know the exact payouts and reads on the opponents as our guesses at their calling ranges are important.

This is a math question, not a poker question.

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general johnson jameson Reply:
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:33 pm

come on that’s not fun though, that’s too easy

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Voted top 25%, but agree with CB… we need to know how the table is playing to really answer this. If the table is playing loose and/or aggressive, tighten up the shoving range a little. If the table is playing tight, shove a little lighter.
We’ve apparently been at this table for awhile so there’s no reason for us to not have a read on the table.

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