Quote Originally Posted by jasonv12 View Post
I'd almost rather shove a random K2o or Q6s from the sb if I must.

If everyone behind me is calling with 10% of hands, 77+, A9s+, AJo+, K10s+ KQo, QJs, I'm being called over 80% of the time when you factor in those that fold are throwing away more cards not in this range.

What's worse is I think 10% of hands is a small side approximation of how often I'll be called. This range as a whole has pretty great equity on me and my tournament life still has a lot of value as one double up will not make or break much more than a min. cash still. I'm sure as a whole this play is +EV, but +EV does not equal what will win the most money in the long run because of the increased emphasis on my tournament life at this point.

I'm actually really stuck on this still almost a week later.
It's unlikely your opponents will be calling with the top 10% of their hands when the call will put an average stacks tournament life on the line. A more realistic calling range would be slightly modified to 88+, AJs, AJo+, KQs.

Shoving a random hand from the sb won't hold up well if anyone else has entered the hand because you can be fairly certain that anyone that has entered the hand at that point has you beat.

HOH Vol 2 covers this topic very well, although I'd be mildly surprised if you haven't read it already.