Eric: I was in an interesting spot yesterday, final 5 players out of 50, typical top heavy pay out, average stack = 10BB. No one was particularly far ahead or behind stack-wise. Player on my right = tight, appropriately shoving. Player on my left, generally a good player, but interestingly was limping/calling, so it made me question his short stack playing abilities. The player 2 to my left LAG with a slightly larger stack than everyone else. Questions:
1. Several asked us to chop it due to it being a "shoving fest". I usually want to play to the end to get experience, yet I realize that being so short handed, skill begins to wane in importance, so I agreed to the chop. Do you think it is a good idea or not to chop in the above situation?
2. I usually use the shoving short cut (ATC if pot to stack is >15% in blinds or >20% in LP). Well, the antes were so high, this was easily met, meaning I'd be shoving most of the time if I went per the shortcut vs using the NASH push fold charts. Advice on how to play if we had not chopped?
Don