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Message: [QUOTE="cjatud2012, post: 1575461, member: 52862"] Actually it's pretty good advice for STT's (which it seems OP is interested in, if this were ring the advice would be totally different). During the high blind phase of the tournament it's really really important to shove wide, which inevitably means we'll be getting in our money bad. ICM shows us that this is profitable, plus you also have to keep in mind that the blinds are constantly escalating so you have to keep on stealing the blinds by shoving just to stay alive. Add in the fact that a lot of players, especially at micro/low limits, will play tighter than they should at high blinds (and looser than they should at low blinds), then we can steal even wider and show a profit in the long run according to ICM. Believe it or not this is actually where most of our profits come from. We won't usually gain much equity from doubling up early, as there are more players remaining and therefore the total tournament equity has to be shared among more players. In the late game there are more opportunities to gain equity by blind stealing, and as the game gets more short handed these gains become greater and greater. This is also usually the part of the tournament where our opponents play the worst, i.e. they have the most leaks here. So by taking advantage of the frequent +$EV opportunities along with the +$EV spots that our bad opponents provide us, shoving wide becomes the single most important part of our game. So if there aren't times where we shove 65o from the SB into the BB and he wakes up with KK :o then yes, we're playing too tight, because the majority of the time we'll steal the blinds uncontested and really increase our equity in the long run. It's not about "getting it in good", it's about making +$EV plays. Ask Collin Moshman and he'd tell you the same thing. :D [/QUOTE]

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