Orange Zone open-pushing

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what to do in these opening in LP situations when the stacks are short. In the situation below, I actually had about 5,600 and just open-pushed. I think this is a pretty standard play w/ my M of 4, hand, and position (that is, opening in LP). My real problem w/ these types of situations is when I have slightly more chips and it’s unclear whether to just push, stick in some sort of non-push raise, or fold. Say an M of about 7 (or something similar).

*With what stack do you stop pushing in the situation below…?

*What do you do instead given your theoretical stack size? How do you handle being reraised or what is your plan for the flop?

I know this is a bit open-ended. These situations come up a lot though, and I’m wondering how good players are approaching them.

Dise $20K
$25 w/ rebuys & add-ons

Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600

(10 handed)

UTG (t12350)
UTG+1 (t9185)
UTG+2 (t4725)
MP1 (t1763)
MP2 (t10950)
MP3 (t5525)
Hero (t????)
Button (t7455)
SB (t15744)
BB (t6565)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
<font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t????</font>,