Ok i"ll write this out on the laptop whilst i hope [pray] Leeds hang on to there 1 goal lead lol
What Rob is pointing out to u shoz is that your strategy should change according to your stack size, popular thoughts on a stack of >30bb is that u can 3bet rr but is wrong to fold if then u are 4betted. A 13bb to 22bb stack is a ideal 3bet shove/steal stack to a raise...All this strategy stuff on stack sizes is something you should be trying to incorporate into your overall mtt game [it"ll be beneficial to u as u move up in buy ins]
Essentially u adjust how u play according to the size of the blinds relating to your chip stack and not just yours but to your opponents stack sizes and if they are or not stack size aware themselves..[do they comprehend anything
gauge there ability]
If u get to the point where u start to think out the box a bit more and u have 20bb and a loose player to your right raised then most would say the optimal strategy was to 3 bet all in - WRONG - u can still 3bet rr and leave 12bb behind and still fold if u wish to a 4bet or give up if called and the flop hits your opponents range and u whiff.Everything in poker is IT DEPENDS and there are no hard set rules , but with a 12bb stack all that happens now is that your strategy changes.
Like with your 30bb stack u can utilise fold equity and still fold if u wish to, it just means your strategy changes..
Calling oop at this stack size with antes in play to simply check fold when u hit the flop is not the best strategy imho and i"m sure with a few tweaks in your strategy u could put those chips to better use...