Strategy vs. shortstack 20bb vs. 40bb

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Strategy vs. shortstack 20bb vs. 40bb

Hey.

Villain opens from BU 40%. It is something like this: (in my opinion). We are on BB.

.1...Villain has 20BB stack. Probably in this situation doesnt make sense to have calling range. Our play is fold/shove.
How do I calculate what will be profitable to get in? I have no idea. On internet I can find some shoving ranges but I can not find WHY the ranges.
I would like to understand logic / mathematics.

.2...Villain has 40BB stack. In this situation we want to have calling range (probably).
What changes if the stacks are slightly bigger?

BTW: Does it make sense for villain to open so wide range if he is shortstack?
Thank you very much!

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crazyriver 4 years, 9 months ago

It's totally fine to have a calling range at 20bb. You're basically playing with 18bb effective stack to 4,5bb in the pot.

Similar SPR to what you have after flatting a 3-bet. Does it mean you're never calling vs a 3-bet?

Jeff_ 4 years, 9 months ago

if villian min raise then it have sense to have calling range. On the flop gonna be lot more raising than 40bb and 100bb for example. Why have calling range? Because you can't play shove or fold only strategy, well you can but it is not max EV. Some hands will want to call, because they have higher EV than fold.

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