Hi all,

Found myself in a strange position the other night. Was playing a live tournament, £25 buy in, a friendly game at a casino. Invariably the blinds start getting very high as we approach final table, but this game the short stacks were holding up almost every time and we still had 8 remaining by the time we’re usually down to final 3 or 4. I had come in to final table as the overwhelming chip leader and had hung on to my lead throughout, doubling up a couple shorties but still staying on top.

Before too long, I was at the point where I had about 30 big blinds up against 7 stacks ranging from 3 to 20 big blinds, and found myself in a very tough position… yes, I am chip leader but if I lose a flip against half the players my stack will take a bad dent. Almost everyone was too tight in terms of their open shoving ranges but they were not too afraid of calling or reshoving all in, which meant I felt I could not push the table around.

I’m worried I slowed down on aggression too much as there were just far too many spots where if I raised I’d have to fold to almost any shove.

Are there any videos or theory articles you can suggest for dealing with a situation where you’re around 30 bigs on the final table where opponents are usually only shoving with a decent range and re-raising with a better range?

Thanks.