Ok i have had a think about your post and reply so i thought i"d give you a general idea of my thoughts on stack sizes.I still trust my instincts and reads and make moves but in the main mostly it depends on my stack size to blinds.[this may help you,it may not
it is after all a general guide i stick to ISH]
10bb or lessI look to open shove all in any 2 cards if 1st in,the later the position the better,if there is already been action then my shove range is a little tighter [depends what i think of villians range]
If the antes have kicked in then 15bb or less is where i start shoving..
14/15 to 20/22bbThe perfect size to re-steal shove all in with.
I tend not to open raise this size of stack if i cannot call a 3 bet,but i will open my range in lp and open raise if there weak/tight types to my left as long as they dont have a habit of 3 betting me
At the higher stakes most players are aware that this is an ideal size to re-steal with,so some caution is needed but in the lower buy ins mostly the players are clueless regarding this so a fairly wide range is ok to steal with.[when i say re-steal i do mean with cards that you dont want a call with !!]
20/22 to 30bbThe most difficult size for me personally,to big to go all in with [not all situations though
] so i tend to tighten my ep range but mp and lp i will still open raise a fairly wide range again this depends on the players to my left and how often they 3bet me.[my raise range is just a little tighter than my 30bb+ range]
If i am in the blinds for example and i hold 2 high un-paired cards [AQ for example]
and there is a lp raise 3x a play i like to make is to make it 8to12x then shove the flop [unless i hit a monster and i think villian will bet if i check
]
30 to 40bbI will open raise a lot,i will keep my 3 bets to a fairly tight range,the type of hands that can withstand a 4bet.If i am playing a low buy in mtt i will open raise 2 or 3 times per orbit as the players at these levels 3bet less.
40bb plusPretty much every play is available - 3bet ,4bet ,i use position and call ,i will play a super wide range if i so wish ,floating ,reverse floating and i can afford to fold hands etc etc.
Hope this helps you think about your stack size strategy,most of my thoughts here
are what i"ve learnt from good mtt players on P5"s and 2+2 so its nothing new but you will be surprised at how many players have no concept of this.So note players
who open raise at the 13 to 20bb range and who fold to re-raises [you can re-raise steal off these types when there effective stack is at this size again],also notice who open shoves 25bb+ to re-steal with [note bad player,no understanding of stack sizing] a lot of the time they will have marginal strong hands at best [trap these sort]
anyhows my typing fingers hurt,if you experiment i"m sure this will improve your out look on mtts.
regards
noble