Part: Part Thirteen - Miscellaneous

The satellite bubble bully

Pre-flop
Blinds 400 / 800Pot 1,200 (1.5 BB)Satellite bubble • seats almost lockedBTNK♦7♦● 70,000 (87.5 BB)YOUyou cover the tableSB● 16,000 (20 BB)Mediumfolding to surviveBB● 18,000 (22.5 BB)Mediumfolding to surviveD

Satellite bubble - one elimination from everyone winning a seat. You're the big stack, and the others are folding everything to survive. Folded to you on the button with K♦7♦.

Satellite bubble, you're the big stack, everyone folding to survive. Folded to you with K♦7♦. Best?

WhyRaise relentlessly. A satellite bubble is the most extreme fold-equity spot in poker: medium and short stacks will fold nearly any hand to lock a seat. As the big stack, attack their blinds constantly to pile up chips - your cards barely matter when fold equity is this high.
What happensYou raise; both fold instantly.  The satellite bubble is a printing press for the big stack.
The flip side of satellite survival: when everyone else is folding to lock a seat, the big stack steals relentlessly - fold equity peaks at the satellite bubble.

On a satellite bubble, the big stack bullies relentlessly - opponents fold almost anything to survive, so attack their blinds with any two cards.