[45] A5s FT

Hi all,

All of the hands you listed are definitely pushes. We're too shallow stacked to fold even a hand like 22 here, despite the 4 shorter stacks than us. Pay structure is just always too top-heavy.

Originally posted by chenny8888
and like 22 here

Are you sure?
In my opinion your hands like pocket pairs 22 is burning money
I am not convinced that such play is needed here
I think better hands to push your pocket like 22 and
A2s+ A9o , K9s + JTs+ KT+
I do not know how to hand type QT and A8 but this more likely ev- but better than your 22

Hi all, please re-open threads if you have further questions.

You're right, it does indeed seem too flat a payout structure (it's 31%/22%/16%/11%/9%/7%/4%, correct??). If that's the case, jumps are fairly flatly increasing until 2nd -> 1st, so our strategy needs to adapt and accommodate for a lot more survival.

Nash gives a range of 99+ A9s+ ATo+ KTs+ KQo. This assumes tight call ranges by players behind us. When this is the case, hands like A9s and A5s go up in value. However in reality people will be a lot looser when calling (specifically a lot more unpaired hands), so A5s and A9s go down in value. I like adding a lot more pairs to account for this. 22 looks like a fold, but 44-66 are stronger here than A9o and possibly even A5s given people are unlikely to fold ATo to our shove.