Ax vs deep stack on the bubble

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vahan4

Joined: 28.05.2013

Posts: 67

11.10.2014, 13:27 0

Hi everyone!
I am having trouble on playing bubble against the deep stack, any help would be highly appreciated. I'll post three quite similar situations at 0.2 and 0.5 euro buy-in 9 player No Limit Hold'em SnGs in TitanPoker.

1. 5 players, 0.5 euro buy-in, blinds are 75/150
MP3: 2130 (14.2bb)
CO: 865 (5.8bb)
BU: 1015 (6.8bb)
Hero: 1240 (8.3bb)
BB: 8250 (55bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A :club: 2 :heart:
3 folds, Hero raises to 1240 and is all-in, BB calls.

2. 4 players, 0.2 euro buy-in, blinds are 150/300
Hero: 3312 (11bb)
BU: 6048 (20bb)
SB: 590 (2bb)
BB: 3550 (12bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A :diamond: J :spade:
Hero raises to 3312 and is all-in, 2 folds, BB calls

3. 4 players, 0.2 euro buy-in, blinds are 150/300
CO: 890 (3bb)
BU: 2950 (10bb)
Hero: 3462 (11.5bb)
BB: 6198 (20.5bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A :diamond:5 :club:
2 folds, Hero folds.

The push with AJo was probably wrong, but the rest seem pretty marginal to me, but I have the feeling that I might be doing it all wrong, any ideas?

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SDK1987

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19.10.2014, 13:52 0

A2o is a nice push in SB against BB. Your stack is not big enough to fold ITM here.

AJo is a standard push if all players are ICM aware. That’s most likely not the case in 50c and 20c 9 mans SNG’s.
I expect the button and BB called to wide to make a push with AJo profitable here.
Without reads on them is it a fold for me.

A5o against the BB is that also the problem here that BB called to wide most likely.
Normal if BB called tight enough is it an easy push, but now I fold here without reads that the BB is ICM-aware.

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vahan4

Joined: 28.05.2013

Posts: 67

19.10.2014, 16:56 0

Thank you for the reply, SDK1987!

The problem with the A2o push i that the BB is too deep and that's why can call relatively loose.

No, there is almost no one aware of ICM in these levels
And that's why I think I should fold everything except AK+, TT+ because of that 2BB stack. I folded in the last scenario, because of the 3BB stack who would post a big blind in the next hand.

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