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[QUOTE="WiredKs, post: 5028613, member: 380787"]
Let me try to explain the Chip Leaders logic.  
   
  He’s probably thinking that his preflop odds with ANY random hand place him as a victor at showdown around 25-30% of the time.  If he’s limiting his pre-flop donkey shoves to just the top 75% of hands his win % climbs to around 33-38%.  That means if he pre-flop shoves 3 out of every 4 hands he’s expected to win 1 in 3 IF HE GETS A CALLER.
   
  At later stages of the tournament, when play has tightened up, he probably won’t get a caller every hand, so he’s wining those hands outright, no show down.  That means he now expects to win the blinds (and limps) a lot.  Maybe more than half the time.
   
  He can use the blind wins to mitigate the times he loses at showdown, bust a few players, and look like a maniac.
   
  It’s not a terrible idea if everyone at the table has really small stacks.  But as soon as you run into a couple of mid-size stacks and double one or two of them, the plan falls apart.  Now you can’t steal more blinds than a potential loss against them will cover and you’re playing with fire.  
   
  I don’t recommend the strategy, but I think that’s the thought process behind it.
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