Quote Originally Posted by lespaul View Post
i never understood the bubble stalls, unless your just playing to make itm, then why are you playing in the first place, cause the real pay out is 1st through 3rd in any tourney, if u have a stack in my opinion, you need to be using it to dominate the short stacks and if you are short stack the last thing you need is the blinds to go up...if i have less than 8 bbs late in tournament, im shoving a way wider range....no way im gonna hope tht some one fucks up so i can win 10th place...i do stall cash games sometimes but its cause i have a buncha tables up and it takes awhile on some hands. if you aint first your last!
Some of us have different priorities. I often adjust to play for llbs and make unorthodox moves because I know I am waiting for a short stack to bust or something. Or I may not want to tangle in a pot with someone in my speedway car if we are both looking close to cashing. All the elements of PO may affect a players' decisions whether or not it is the best move in terms of winning. --I'm not saying that you are not correct, but long run profit (and PO points as they have money value) is my long term goal. I have to play what's most profitable to me and I know my short stack play is absolutely the sh*tty and one of the worst parts of my game (something I'm working on), so it's like this: if I'm near a bubble, I'm going to have a easier time cashing in the long run by trying to chip up and to play for 7th or whatever is more feasible when I'm sitting at a table with LCD, 1977, Michman, laugeson, donka and all the other regular cashing sharks. I have to get lucky to compete with them at this point and this structure. Everyone has their own schtick and for me, I'm not into the preflop game that short stack play requires and I often make silly mistakes or run myself into ugly corners where I overcommit myself and am forced into bad calls because of invested chips. Does that mean I'm going to stall buttons? No. Does it mean that my nitting up is justified? Yes.