Speedyfold Poker Blog

I have been lucky enough to make a few final tables recently, which got me thinking more and more about final table bubble play. 

Way too often you will see players shying away of everyone at the table except the shortstack.  The shortstack by his very nature is forced into getting his chips in to stand much chance of getting to the final table.  Often they’ll end up doubling up by those too liberally playing at the shortstack, thinking shortstack = fold; and all too often coming unstuck with calls by the broadest range of hands.

Really the players you want to pick on around the final table bubble are the middle/bigger stacks.  If there are one or more really shortstacks at the table, very few middle/big stacks are reluctant to take any chances at all when they are in that nice and cosy/safe mid-stack position.  As a consequence they are much more likely to fold than the shortstacks.   Not enough players capitilise on this.   Huge chip advantages can be accumulated around the final table bubble, so dont be afraid to play tough with the non-shortstacks