Now lets talk about being short stacked. You went from 4500 to 3000 before you felt short stacked. If you went that many rounds just paying the blinds then it just wasn't your day. But I suspect you played a few marginal hands and ended up having to lay them down to a big bet.
The big myth is if the blinds are 10% of your stack then your short stacked. If the blinds are 50 and 100 and you have 1000 or less then yes your short stacked. If the blinds are 100 and 200 and you have 2000 or less again your short stacked. But once you reach the 2000+ any double up and your around the chip average. With the blinds 200 and 400 and your stack only 3000 your hurting but dont push the panic button just yet. You being in LP means your just paid the blinds. At this point it is all in or fold. I want to triple up but if I dont have A10 or better or PP 8's or better I am not playing a hand unless I am first to act. Now if I know there is a table bully I want to get heads up with him with any A.
In this hand if the pot was entered before me by more then one player I am either calling or letting the hand go. Pot odds tell me a call is correct then if I hit I am all in. If I miss I am all in on the next Ax hand. Now if I am first to act and I have KJ I am all in. But I would rather have Ax to make this move.
You have about 17 more hands before you are truely short stacked and have to play any 2 cards. So steal the blinds and get another free round get a monster and triple up. What I am saying is pick your fights don't let them pick you.Statistics: Posted by TexasKowboy — Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:17 pm
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