$Freeroll NLHE MTT Turbo: 44 shove all in from UTG at bubble?

[PoliticoV]

Hello!

So just now I was playing 10$ freeroll on ACR. There were close to 600 entries and top 10 players were supposed to be paid. The hand I am gonna talk about was played when there were 13 players left in the tournament and top 10 were supposed to play. I was 10th in ranking with about 15 BB.

The blinds were 1250/2500 with 300 ante. I was UTG+1 with 44. The SB was one of the terrible players with 35BB who was afraid of calling raises almost all of the time. The BB was a decent player with 10-15% of hand range who had about 23BB.

I shoved all in UTG+1 with 44 and everyone folded except BB who called with 1010. The board came 37825 and BB won the hand with a pair of 10.

I would really appreciate anyone could analyze this hand for me in detail?

Thanks!

 

[ConDeck]

There's only so much detail can be given due to the amount of information given...

However, personally I am folding 44 UTG on a 15 BB stack... This is essentially a steal where you are at best flipping when called. On a <10BB stack I am shoving this hand from any position but on 15BB, and at this stage, I am open folding. You are essentially bound to a push fold strategy on this stack size but you have plenty of room to wait for a better hand/position.

44 barely makes the top 33% of hands and in this position/stack size I am shoving like the top 5-8% (depending on table). Our fold equity is reasonable but not great and in a freeroll, even deep, you can expect to be called lighter than at higher stakes.

My range would open up around the bubble and I would be shoving lighter than normal, but my UTG range, with 8 players left to get through, would still be pretty tight.

 

[PoliticoV]

I completely agree with you. I regretted as soon as I clicked all-in button. So, as a follow-up question, what can you possibly raise and not shove all-in with 15BB at early position?

Thanks again for your response above. It was really helpful.

 

[ConDeck]

Tbh on a 15bb stack I'm rarely opening a hand I am not willing to go all in with. The only time I will possibly be doing this is in late position against passive blinds where I am only getting played back at when the have a real hand.

I do however widen my shove range from later position. From the button/sb, in an unopened pot, I am open shoving like:

44+,A2s+,K5s+,Q7s+,J8s+,T8s+,98s,A7o+,A5o,K9o+,Q9o+,J9o+,T9o

unless the blinds are particular loose and/or deep. I am shoving back against late position opens from loose med. stacks pretty wide too.

 

[PoliticoV]

Sweet. Thanks for your response and providing the shoving range. I really appreciate it.