Now, time for an important observation about shoving pre-flop. people who shove too often.Īssuming that you are going to play a push or fold game at 12BB in the SB, here’s how you should do it: We want to limp a strong (trap) range vs.This lets us realise a lot of equity and our bad hands perform better by limping than by folding. people who check too often in the big blind. That said, there are a couple of player types against whom we do want a limping range even as stacks approach the 10 big blind mark. This is tough to do in a balanced way, and, against a good opponent, it is unlikely to be worth it. Building a limping range is also an option. 10-15BB – Whether to Build a Limping RangeĪlthough it is a viable approach, you might not want to resort to a push or fold game every time the effective stack gets this short.

All that matters is the stack depth of the lowest stacked player – we call this the effective stack. It does not matter greatly by the time you are heads-up who is at risk of busting.

Don’t miss the special Grand Tour streams every Thursday at 10am GMT on the PokerStars Twitch channelĪ lot of the strategies examined below are push or fold ones – meaning that we either go all-in or fold as the SB (also known as the BU when Heads-Up).

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