M3an

As a fish I feel this one is a bit spot on for me, I recently started working on my game. Even did some work in PIO where I put in my coldcalling range on the BTN vs CO open, and observe spot on what you are saying and most easy fix is to clean up my range and start folding more. I know I need to fold out more of the bluffcatchers, yet the story show it is hard for me. Loosing more big pots and winning the smaller ones. Did a filter for last month with 50bb+ pots, with rags or draws on turn but where I saw river and showdown. If you want to see how a loosing station looks like in this spot, here are a few numbers.

Loosing more than 2k bb/100 with a 400 hand sample for this situation.

So well, did a filter for IP, maybe this will be better off?
Or not...


How about my 3bet pots then, should at least be bigger?

Oh well... slightly higher EV at least :)

Keep up the good work making awesome videos, so I might get those winrates a bit higher.

I am an amateur so do not take my reply too seriously. You raise a good question, and for what I have understood and experienced, in the money bubble, shortstackers are way more tight just to get into the money (and most tight folds are correct too). Therefore it will be more +EV to play wide ranges in the bubble as the bigger stack.

On later (final table) stages when few people left, even though the payjumps are much higher in term of buyins, the shorter stacks already get payed and see them selves as next in line or willing to take a risk to example double/triple up to get in chip position 1-3 rather than folding trying to improve finishing 5th instead of 6th. Say you flip with 50% chance of making a 3rd or better while the alternative is 5th instead of 6th place if you keep folding. So the bigger stack will be called more often.

When in money bubble, given you have chips to survive, folding will always be an option earning money (even though not always the best option for all hands and for shure not all stack sizes).

Table dynamics might be important to concider in these spots.