.10 Turbo: Pushing against Big stacks, chip leader

[Schlepper333]

This is from a MTT s-n-g but I am really interested in how to play against the big stack chip leader. I am 57th and the thing starts paying at 36th.
I am playing the Arnold Snyder strategies which require a push with any pair with 11-20 BB. However I usually look at the stacks before making the decision. I felt 88 was good enough despite the big stacks behind, though I might think twice with 22-66. Opinions? FYI .10 is a donkament crapshoot. I have 60% ROI in these things and play them as a break from ring games.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (7 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t4855)
UTG (t31775)
MP1 (t7500)
MP2 (t3560)
CO (t26089)
Hero (t7285)
SB (t2810)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8, 8. UTG posts a blind of t650.
3 folds, Hero raises to t7235, 1 fold, UTG (poster) calls t6635.

[emmapeel]

Pushing should be fine here. A read on UTG might change things though.

Is UTG the BB? It's not clear here. If it's the case that we are against two opponents with random hands see my next post.

EP

[emmapeel]

(If UTG is the BB)

Pushing here is +EV with any pair. It doesn't matter how big the other stacks are, it doesn't even matter if your opponents could see your cards; pushing here is still +EV with any pair.

With 88 you could happily push in 40BB's, show your cards, and still be happy that it is +EV.

Since you are not going to show your cards online things will be even better. I would guess that pushing any pair up to 20BB is +EV.

This is an easy push, unless there is a way to get more from the hand by merely raising. I can't see that though and it's a turbo so I'm going for the easy play.

Might be good to move this to the mtt section.

EP

[Schlepper333]

Thanx. Yes, villain was BB. How do I move this post to MTT?