thank you dj i'll definately have good look at that. that is on area i'm thinking could be a possible leak. wizzim i find i get to the bubble often with a short stack. i have found some spots i am definately missing earlier in the game I hope this has a big effect on my ROI. as far as your finish distribution ITM i've hear your 3rd and 1sts should have the most and 2nds the least. this has to do with cashing being your 1st goal then playing to win the 2nd. i shove wide ITM but on the guy closest to me in chips. when ITM i basically try to get allin with the shorter of the 2 opposing stacks that way if i win i have a better shot at 1st.
Yeah as far as ITM is concerned as long as 1st is the highest, the other two don't matter as much. The common one is the 1<3<2 distribution. But a 1<2<3 distribution is just as good, but i know what your saying, the former distribution is the standard one taught, but i think that will change in the next few years, as i believe a lot of players are calling too wide now, to make it profitable to go crazy in 3rd position, so i think the latter distribution will be better in the years to come, basically means taking controlled risks, instead of owning people with wide shoving ranges, it just doesnt work anymore. So you may just be taking too many risks, it's a leak i definately had. But your rationale as for what stack types to attack is spot on, but still, we still just can't just go nuts once ITM, because players calling ranges tend to widen a lot. those spots rely on how the stack sizes match up, and if we have villain covered or not, if we do have him covered we're shoving wider, if not, then we have to revert back and play a little tighter. And it also has to do with how much
equity we pick up when we shove, and how much we stand to win/lose and weighing all these factors agaisnt each other to find how much risk we can take with what
hands.
But yeah, if you are getting to the bubble short, then it's most definately a mid game issue, probably not calling down wide enough, or re-stealing wide enough. Your general shoving range i assume would be about right. I'd suggest filtering down to when you could have 3bet, or when you could have cold called, then seing spots you've missed.