[Closed] Pushing range as button when in money.

Hi. Do you mean a 50-30-20 structure? How large are the blinds?

oh sorry forgot to post blinds.. was 300/600 and yes the structure was 50-30-20

dont always believe a machine

ICM Trainer ignores that you are about to hit the blinds, which slightly overvalues your stack. It also predicts that the blinds will often collide if you fold, and that if you push, you will sometimes pay the multiway penalty. In practice, the blinds may not collide as often as they do in the Nash equilibrium, and if the SB pushes, the medium stack probably will not call as widely as he can. On the other hand, ICM Trainer does not consider that the blinds may flat-call and then check it down, which really hurts you since you would need to beat both to avoid placing third, and A8o is not as strong in 3-way pots as it is heads-up.

I think it's a common and very costly mistake to push too widely in situations like this. If you would push much worse quickly, you should rethink your play.

It is also possible that when you are in the Big Blind that the Small Blind will fold rather than Push, and you will gain the Blinds. That has always been my assumption regarding why ICM tells you to fold in those situations. But maybe ICM isn't that smart, lol.