Of course I violate my own rules sometimes, but I think in general I should have a pretty good idea about playing against short stacks. First and foremost; determine whether the short stack plays tight preflop or not. This is the single most key aspect to playing against short stacks. People who are intentionally playing [...]
I want to list the differences, for me and for my game, of the difference between how I play full stack full ring cash games and how I play short stacked. I’ve had a pretty good run playing short, but recently I’m mostly working on trying to get my full stack game back. I think [...]
Sometimes when I write a series of clarification/instructional posts I start to feel as if I’m instructing a group of students out there. Now, that may or not be so, but 1) those types of posts are as much for me to clarify, further investigate, and solidify my own understanding or concept of these things [...]
For a while back in the summer, I was focusing my play at short stack games, buying in for the minimum (20BBs at PokerStars and Full Tilt, the two main places that I play). I tested out my play first 4 tabling $25NL tables and buying in for $5, and then played some $50NL with [...]
Definitely too early to draw conclusions, but nice stats nevertheless. Four sessions, the last one on Stars a “double” session as I closed all 4 tables and started 4 others. All “4″ sessions on PokerStars only something over 50 hands as a function of my “hit and run” approach, leaving when I stack up and [...]
After a downswong with the super turbos I made a try at 4 tabling $25NL playing with $5 (20 BBs). ~ The downswing took place over 8 missed ITMs over 2 playing periods. Anytime I miss ITMing too many in a row, in this case 4, I stop, at least for a hour or maybe [...]
I’ve made attempts in the past to learn to play short stacked ring strategy and never really been too successful with it. In particular, when Full Tilt had a short extra bonus period I tried to earn some points and bonus by short stacking 4 tables. Didn’t work too well; I lost more than I [...]