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Bubble play 9 player hyper turbo 1.50$ stars

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MisterHomes
Joined: 12.09.2008

*edited to look nicer*

I feel like this should be a shove but I'm unsure given the fact that it's on the bubble. I have a read on the BB as being a pretty loose player (loose even for a 1.50$ tournament); I estimate the BBs range to be any pair, any ace, KTo+, K9s+, QJo and QTs+. The button/shortstack is a gold star reg on stars.

PokerStars Hand #90477811650: Tournament #655440916, $1.39+$0.11 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (60/120) - 2012/12/09 1:24:00 ET

Table '655440916 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button

Hero (SB): 682 (5.7 bb)
BB: 1467 (12.2 bb)
UTG: 1959 (16.3 bb)
BU: 392 (3.3 bb)

all post ante of 12, Hero (SB) posts small blind 60, BB posts big blind 120

Dealt to Hero 9 :club: A :spade:

Preflop: UTG folds, BU folds, Hero ?????


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ghaleon
Joined: 17.10.2007

This is easy shove practically always. It probably becomes close one if BB is calling like over 50% hands for whatever reason. This is not really spot to get overly tight. If short stack doubles once we will be the one blinding out first.

Calling range you mention would be actually pretty good for BB, if hero is reg. Too loose versus unknown though.


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MisterHomes
Joined: 12.09.2008

Good to know. I just wasn't sure how much my range changes on the bubble. I got called by A8 and he sucked out on me, which prompted me to post on here to get someone else's opinion! Thanks for the help.

So, a further question would be, what hands am I shoving here?


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