With which hands should I call HERE?

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Seems to be standard situation, but even I play DoNs quiet often I am not sure If I play it right. Answers from some SNG (specially DoNs) grinders would be nice :)

So here is situation. DoN 6max turbo. Bubble time. You (1800chips) are on BB (100/200). Everybody folds and SB (1900 chips) pushes Allin. Hes not super tight and not complete fish either. Lets say average player. There are 3 players (including me) with similar stacks around 1800-2200 chips and one bigger chipleader. With which hands should I call there??
 
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Any pair (22+) or Ax will be always very profitable call in HU , other hands you need fold before bubble....
 
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I would say AJ+ and pairs over 6s, shoves pre at the bubble sng's always means strength, not in the case you play against a complete fish.
 
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maybe one of the SNG, ICM guys can help you :)
 
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''Hes not super tight and not complete fish either''

That says it all, sounds like pretty competent player especially for blind v blind scenarios. One question to ask yourself 1st is do you think the rest of the similar sized stacks are capable of making a mistake and becoming the bubble boy? If so then only call absolute top of your range. If it's looking like you'll need to take a stand then I reckon ATo+ A7s+ KTo+ K8s+ 22+ would be quite sufficient for a call
 
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Thats quiet wide ranges, calling there with any pair or K10 in my opinion :) I mean its DoNs, its all about surviving, there is no "before bubble" or "after bubble" and you dont need to end up with 4000 chips. And calling there with 22 or 33... You have to realize that most of the times you just coinfliping there, and thats not what you want in DoNs at bubble. One thing I learned in those games, that you dont want to be that guy who has to make decisions if call or not, you want to be that guy who is shoving :)

I tried to put it into SNG Wizard with 30% shoving range from SB and it shows that you should call there only with 99+ and AQ+ which is actually quiet close to my calling range.
 
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My calling range would depend on the villains persona.

Since you mention, hes an average player. I would tend to select on the high side (one step higher).
 
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yeah u just kind of have to watch, a lot of players will try to trick you into calling their all in when on the bubble and actually have a great hand, but it's hard not to want to bust that bluff
 
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I would play with any pair over 88 and AQ for sure. This is such a common play it's hard to tell sometimes between the bluff for chips and fake bluff with AA. If you really can't tell what to do, fold and let someone else make the decision next time. If they are even stacks, one should bust the bubble anyways.
 
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