calicard
Visionary
Silver Level
This is just my observation. I have no facts or numbers or test trials on record. All this is is my opinion. Late in mtt's there comes a time when it basically turns into a shove or fold situation. Sometimes a 3BB raise if you are in position. To me it is a lot easier to shove all in than to call an all in. What I mean is this.If I'm on the button to a folded board and I have a playable hand it easy for me to shove with that hand. Vice versa if I'm in the BB with AJ and the cut off or button shoves. I would most likely fold my AJ.He might very well be shoving with any playable hand. But in order for me to justifiably call his all in I must have a shove hand. For example we have all been in this situation. You are on the button to a folded board you have 9,10 you raise 3BB. Any decent player in the BB would fold ace 9 and below. He might even show you that he layed down ace 9. On the other hand a fish might just blast all in with ace 2 and proudly show it to you like I had you beat. To me it is just a lot easier to shove than to call. My hand standards vary extremely from shoving to calling. Is this normal winner mentality. Depending on my stack size I might reraise if I had a playable hand to see where he was really at. But only if I could afford to lose those chips because I would not call a reraise from him. With nothing less than AK or high pair