FloppedBackdoorTrips said:

I guess my first question is…does villain actually understand bubble play, or is he just bullying?

 

I think he does understand.  He's minraising a lot when he's first to act which effectively puts the short stacks into an all-in or fold situation and makes it difficult for me to enter the pot.  However, he's not been recklessly aggressive and has opted not to call when the short stacks have shoved into his BB on a couple of occasions.

shawnivey said:

i think with  being 3 packages the correct play is min raise fold, you only wanty to call it off vs the small stacks…did the #s a long time ago and i think you need QQ+ to call it off vs the big guy profitably

I'm pretty sure that even calling it off with aces is unprofitable here.  Here's a few ICM figures:

Equity at start of hand: £1113
Equity if bet and win blinds and antes: £1125 (+12)
Equity if minraise fold: £1108 (-5)

Equity if I double up through BB: £1167 (+54)
Equity if somehow manage to get stacked: £0 (-1113)

Even if I get it in as an 80% favourite, if I win, my equity only increases by £54.

If I loose it decreases by £1113. 

Average would be (0.8*54)-(0.2*1113) so I loose £177.8

shawnivey said:

then why did u post this? thakns for wastin our time

Apologies for trying to promote discussion and share thoughts with fellow TPE members 😉