(555) Time to fold a +$EV spot again (?)

[Slim Pickens]

This push looks a lot better than this one, where most people didn't want to fold anything in from the small blind with a big stack on the bubble.


$EV difference for pushing over folding 32o in this hand. It's harder to decide on a calling range but unless BB is good and knows you are too, it won't be very wide.


Here's the plot from the other hand, which is a 6-max where the 30 BB stack pushes into a 10 BB stack with a 2.5 BB stack already having folded the button.


I contend that if there's ever a place to skip a push, it's one where you as the big stack have the most control over the table. With two opponents and your big stack to shelter shorty, I think the 6-max situation from the other thread gives you more control over the bubble than the 9-max situation with three opponents and no short stacks.