Rune Hansen's Article; Ludicrous
I really enjoyed the article up to stealing...to say that you ahve 1000 in chips with 75-150 blinds, and average at 2000, you should go all in with 5-6o or better is absurd...775 is enough to take the blinds down with, and chips can accumulate drastically...the worst thing to do is try to steal the blinds with some bone head hand and then go bust...it is often better to fade away then to burn out...I mean, if you have A-J or even K-ja nd no one is in the pot, well, probably an all in mvoe is proper, but a real piece of cheese? Also, A-Rag is the worst hand to do this with because people tend to call iwth bigger aces and if you ar ecalled you are often dominated...
I was wondering when this would generate some response, as I think some of the ideas I presented in this article are pretty radical (My real name is Rune Hansen, for those of you who don't know).
Nevertheless you might be right that my example here is too loose aggressive. And you don't often see me push it all-in preflop with 56, but I nevertheless think that the math of the example hold up. Sure, you've still got enough ammo to steal with 775 left, but people will be more suspiscious of a steal the shorter you get. And you still have to double through twice at some point. So by moving up a gear a little earlier then you have to often allows you to buy a lot of time for cheaps. Nevertheless I'm not enough of a tourney player to state with any confidence that you're not the one that's got this one right. I'd love to hear your argument in some more detail though.
Finally I'll say that most players tend to err to the passive side when they start to get short stacked, so I presume we both agree that the advice point in the right direction for most players. As the value of chips to you is relative to how many chips you already have, you have to be risk averse when you have an average or better stack and have to be risk willing when you're below average. This general mechanism sure holds true. The question left to be asked is when and how much risk you should take when you start to get shortstacked. I'd probably be a little tighter then playing 56 for all my chips, but I'd sure start to be quite willing to take risks with 1000 left.
