Hello
Im facing a problem with very aggressive players at bubble even when im chip leader.
Should i be more tight with the risk to lose many blinds??
Is there videos dealing with the problem?
Thanks for advices
On what kind of SNG’s you are talking about? That makes it easier to answer your question, but most of the time you could set ICM pressure as chip leader.
Cheers,
SDK1987
Mainly 6handed or 9. The problem when we are not short enough to go all in, these players can call any raise and bluff it later.. Hard to play when ur not having good hands
That for sure, but you could 3bet shove a lot if they play aggressive on you on the bubble and you have more chips then them. Off course they need to be familiar with ICM to make this work.
In fact im talking about live sng with some poker friends who does not care abt losing, they dont know whats icm. They bluff a lot and are calling stations that can call any all in...if i play tight and wait it doesnt work
Against calling stations you simply have to get it in with the better equity. That means you need tighter ranges than them. If you know that they call anything, you can extend your (re-) pushing range accordingly and top pair becomes the nutz postflop. Just save your chips with mediocre hands and play the ones where you are willing to invest a lot of chips.
That makes it more complicated for sure, but then you can better play tight and wait for good hands to get the money in and stealing doesn’t work that well ether.
they dont know whats icm
If you're short , just wait for reasonable equity+ hands i.e. aced hands mostly and pairs and just stick some shoves in front of their limps or their usual preflop raises. Your cards are stronger that they look.
Postflop anything you hit could be considered nuts against guys playing A2C.
It's not about ICM, it's mostly playing against aggressive players.
The times you will lose a push will be fewer than the times you win either by getting folds or just winning the hand and given you'll still play with entire stacks that may be true for ICM as well.
Against aggressive players you just play tighter but decisively when given some hands; you can even allow them some bluffing space if you have some additional stack.
After a won pot they'll start to think about playing you.
I think I read that with such players at the tables you can already jam 15 or 16 BB to avoid the ICM-pressure they put on you. If they call really loose you should tighten up of course. Then you have to be more patient and wait for better hands.