Near the Bubble -- Specifically in PO Freerolls

[jasonv12]

Fore-warning, this post is for more technical, involved and committed players which are rare on here lol:


How does one combat being card dead and short stacked near the bubble? I mean when I'm playing a little bit bigger game, I tend to steal blinds to keep myself afloat and keep my fold equity, of course on a PO Freeroll, that isn't really possible and is a conflict with a tighter style of play for me.

Then again, I obviously can't get my money in bad and a stop-and-go type approach will only work against more passive players, which again is rare in these fields.

This presents an issue for me and I seem to repeatedly go out near the bubble, which is frustrating.

Would taking more chances earlier on be a reasonable solution?

Or does someone experienced or with PO success have some advice?




For example my results in the last week: 7th (required two late coin flips), 11th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 31st, 48th.

I feel like all these near bubble results can be warranted to me doing something wrong in some aspects, but I felt so card dead in my play review? I just don't know?


In further note: my VPIP in PO events is 22% and my PR is 9%, so I don't think being overly nitty is my issue either? (My analysis shows that those on here that repeatedly cash however have even lower VPIPs than me and many of them Fold to C-Bets 80%+ of the time.)

Hmm...