How Tournament Stages Affect Decision-Making in Super Bounty Poker

Super Bounty Final Table Pay tournaments are those where ITM (In The Money) is only achieved at the final table. In these tournaments, the bounty size does not increase when opponents are eliminated.

The bubble factor shows the ratio of the cost of lost chips to won chips. This factor determines the discount needed for an action to be profitable. During late registration, the big blind pushes narrowly on value, with a range of 18.7% of hands. This is because the big blind has a significant risk premium and needs to play strictly by ChipEV.

During the bubble of the final table, the bubble factor is only 4.2% compared to 28% at the start of the tournament. At the final table, the push range of the big blind is built around pocket pairs, focusing on strong ready hands or hands with sufficient equity against the call range.