Interesting post. Seems like under 20bb with the stacks left to act that you should be ripping your whole range. Wouldn’t a raise to induce look like just that?

If the stacks left to act were all 40bb +, I would think we might want to tighten up a bit.

My shoving range might be a bit tighter if any of the stacks left to act were especially loose.

Earliest position really needs to be dependent on the same factors, doesn’t it? The stack sizes left to act and how loose they are. Your table image should probably come into play here too. If you have been ripping from late position once or twice an orbit, thinking players behind you will call you lighter.

I'd imagine that jamming is marginally +ev (which Benny showed actually) but that doesn't necessarily make it the optimal play. If this was a really tough field then jamming is probably best, and against them I would balance my range, jamming the whole lot. But against softer fields it may not be necessary, you may be giving up your edge to take marginally +ev spots risking your stack. I'd feel comfortable jamming a baby pair with around 16bbs there, at 18bbs I am fine with jamming or folding. I don't like to induce in that spot simply because we will get flatted too often (my inducing range is more like 99+ AJs+ AQ+, widening if the table is more competent. If you have for example 1 or 2 supernits behind then opening to fold to their jams is OK for me too.