assigning hand ranges for push/fold SNG Wiz

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Hello,

Anyone have a good way to catagorize hand ranges for push/fold situations?
For example:

tight player push 20% call 7.5%
average push 30% call 15%
loose push 40% call 22%

Or something along these lines to help give me a starting point. I am starting to use Sit and Go Wizard and I need to know the basic ground work to get started assigning ranges. You know, with all stacks being equal etc.
Any response would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

Justin
 
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Erm, it's not that cut and dry. Every player is differant. Some will call losely but only push with big hands. Other players will call tight and push loose.

It depends on a lot of differant factors, like the blind level, bubble situations, ITM situations, Short stacks present, table image, stack sizes, buy in level, table dynamic.

What i try to do, is while in game, i try to put myself in my opponants shoes. Like for example, ill create a situation in SNG Wizard where im thinking of shoving a hand, lets say the player is decent but not great, he was playing tight and solid all game. What type of hands will he call with.. So put yourself in his shoes, he's probably calling with a very tight range, he understands probably basic ICM decisions and knows calling loosely on the bubble is really bad, still he's probably calling looser than he should.
 

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Ok, same situation, this time though, our opponant is really bad, he's been playing kind of loose early, and made some very questionable plays with marginal hands. You deem him to be a fish, with very little experience. So, what can we say about his calling range? it's probably going to be a lot wider than a good players, as he has no concept of ICM, bubble situations etc. He just sees a hand he thinks is good and goes with it, so it's not a stretch to think hes calling here with any ace, most broadway.
 

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We can do the same with shoving ranges, what would you expect a decent player to be shoving with? what about a bad one? decent players will most likely be shoving looser and calling tighter, while bad ones call looser and shove tighter.

Every guy is differant though, some call loose and shove loose. some call tight and shove tight. A hud can help you develop reads, but its just about paying attention and trying to form reads, it might take a while till you get good, but keep trying.

When you are reviewing situations in SNG Wiz, it's good to play around in there, you can change stack sizes, calling and shoving ranges etc, that's how i got good, putting in differing situations and seeing how it affected things.

ill do one more, but this time lets make out the SB is us, and we will put ourselves in the shoes of the BB who is facing the all in call in that situation.

Ok, since were in the BB's shoes, lets say he is a decent player a regular, who has played with us before. What would be my shoving range here? well, a decent player is probably not going nuts here, it's all equal stacks, it's definately not a any two card shove here, i set it at 20% of hands, which, is around about correct. So, even though we hold a decent hand like AJ, he can probably assume, from watching me play, developing reads, that i have a sound knowledge of shove/fold, and with stack sizes id be shoving a tighter range here, thus, making AJ a fold.

However, in real play, hes probably calling with AJ, as he is probably not thinking into it as much. But you can see how bad calling there is.. -2.57 which is throwing away about 25%ROI
 

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