2 different ways to play bubble? which one is better and why?

tomh7795

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This is a rather basic question but one i feel that i need more information on. bubble play on a 9 handed sng. i've read forums, books and more books on this subject and they both say 2 completely different things. one says stay tight and let the other players knock each other out. And the others say play aggressive to steal blinds and they will be tighter because they want to make the money. I feel it depends on what my opponents are doing. If they are tight then play aggressive and if they are aggressive then play tight unless you get around 5-8 bb then it's time to start pushing pre-flop. Any thoughts and opinions which you think is the better way to play.
 
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Depends on my stack size but generally I like to be active. With a small stack (M<9) my range is HUGE. Im looking to get it all in. With a midstack I am pretty tight. I might pick on the blinds if they are mid stack as well. With a big stack I want to hammer the average stacks and avoid the small stacks.
 
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depends on your stack size.. what i tend to do is put myself into "groups" of stack sizes instead of #of bb's "M" is generally useless in 9 handed sng.

for example, theres one stack of 6000, another villain and i have around 3000, and one villian is left with 1500.

regardless of the blinds and antes.. were looking ok, were comfortable here.. so were not going to be doing anything silly like shoving all in light v the bigger stacks.. however we will be shoving somewhat light against the smaller stack.. as his calling range is so tight its and unexploitable play to do so.

however if we reverse it and were the 1500 stack.. were not comfortable, so were looking to survive, but still trying to shove in good spots, so the blinds dont dwindle our stack awaay..

now when we become the big stack. then we can pretty much raise and shove at will.. calling ranges are super tight.. and even if were called were sitting in good chip position.. having the big stack on the bubble is what i like to call " a slam dunk"


mastering bubble play in sng is vital.. its where most of the money you make in sng comes from..
 
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Stack sizes matter, but position matters just as much. If you have shortstacks in the blinds and you are in late position with no callers you almost have to push with a wide range of hands. They will more likely fold to get to the money.
 
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