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so i just got sngwiz and i have huge questions cause ive played mtt's but i see some weird stuff to me there.

i put 180mtt with 30% payout for the winner and stats are like:

utg 6bb folds
btn 11bb folds
sb 10bb shoves
im bb with 8bb

sngwiz says i should call 99+???

so i should fold 77 here? i used to azlways call off 44+,A7s+,KQo+,KTs+ maybe looser is that wrong?

are ppl so tight in their jams or is it ICM that makes it so tight call?

or do i just dont know how to handle sngwiz and im seeing wrong results?

I am assuming this is without antes or I suspect it may advise a little wider, it is important to check if antes are included if you have just pasted the one hand-history as sometimes it misses these (just use the drop down to select the right blinds if so).
The really really important thing to do here is to use your own judgment on the SB push range - don't just rely on the default for this. If it is a good reg type the range will be approaching any two 80+%, the default may be more like 30%, way off often.
Also Wiz will analyse this as a hand in isolation and will not take into account the effect of folding and losing a blind will have on any future hands. To take account of this you can adjust and select the 'Edge', pretty much always do check this setting again a default is too random, think about it and pick a decent value I would guess a value of -.005 to -0.1 would be fine here.

After thinking about this hand if the SB player is very tight (not a reg, say below 30%) you can fold but usually I would call. To double emphasize it always put in your own best guesses of the ranges. SnGWiz will be an indispensable tool when you learn to use it well.