| Posted by: NineLions at July 13, 2007, 11:58 pm | | Topic: HOH3: Bubble play in SnGs Forum: Card Chat |
I just finished HOH3, which is a book of examples analyzed by Harringington, with choices, scoring for your answers, and explanation of why the scoring is as it is.
One of the interesting things to me was the importance of conservative play on the bubble in 9 player SnGs.
Harrington talks about why bubble play is not so important in big MTTs because the difference between the bubble and first place is huge, but he goes through calculations to show why the bubble in a SnG is huge. Essentially, it's due to the big edge between nothing for 4th place, and 20% for 3rd, as well as the small difference between 1st (50%) and 3rd. He gives examples of situations where a player is all-in and has you covered. If your opponenet's range does not seem to take into consideration the need to be conservative on the bubble, then you have to have a monster hand to call; in some cases only AA/KK, in some cases only AA! Only when your M gets in the red zone, and you are the lowest stack, do the hand requirements get appreciably lower (66+, ATs, AJo)
He doesn't go into detail about if you are a big stack calling a small stack all-in, other than to say your requirements are normal; a pair or reasonably high cards.
Useful reading for me. Apparently I've been too aggressive short stacked on the bubble.
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