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 Short stack play, Schuster, 26. Aug 2003 08:17 | ||
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| There is one error I see a lot when playing a short stack and getting a hand that you intend to play for all your chips in the blind. If a player opens for a raise that does not put you all in, but he will call if you go all in, and you decide that you are taking a stand on this hand, don't immediately push them all in! This situation occured to me in a sit and go this morning. I think it's a good example! I'm down to 505 in chips and the blinds are 50/100. There's still 7 players left and I'm close to the lowest. The chip leader opens for 300 in early position and I'm in the big blind with QQ. I decide that this hand is worth doubling up or bust, but I just flat call the raise. Here's where a lot of players would push all in. Why shouldn't you just go all in? Because he will surely call, and while you don't mind playing QQ hot and cold, he might very well catch something on the turn or the river if he would have otherwise folded on the flop. I decided that if I didn't flop an overpair or a set, I was going to push the rest of my chips in. Say the flop is A 9 4 rainbow. If you push all in, there is a chance, although remote, that he might fold pocket kings! Give him a chance to fold a hand that might suck out on you and stay alive. On the actual hand, the flop was K Q 7, and I checked to him suspecting him to bet my hand for me. He did, and I called. He had AQ. The example is even better if you have just an ace high. Say I'm at the same chip count but instead I have AK. This hand is good enough for me to play for all my chips, so I flat call the raise. If I hit top pair, I check to him and let him bet it for me. If I miss, I push all in, and give him the chance to fold with enough outs to continue. If he was raising on something like pocket 7's, or maybe just being a bully with a hand like TJs and the board isn't favorable for him, there is a chance he will fold. Even though he only has to call 205 more chips on a 750 pot, he might let it go. Most times, he won't be folding the best hand, but he will be folding one that is getting high enough pot odds to continue and try to get lucky. This is great for you, survival is key! Sklansky discusses this in tournament poker for advanced players, and he also has the essay reprinted on the two plus two website. It's definately worth a read if you aren't familiar with it! Good luck. Lee | ||
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| Re: Short stack play, Mark Gregorich, 26. Aug 2003 08:50 | ||
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| I have used this play quite a bit, and it is effective. I like it even more if my hand is something like 99, where it is conceivable that my opponent would fold his overcards on the flop even for a small bet. There really isn't any downside in making this play - in your mind, you have committed all your chips, they just don't all go in at once. Mark | ||
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| Re: Short stack play, Paul Stine, 26. Aug 2003 11:36 | ||
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| Sure, the idea here is that by only calling you are going to give yourself an opportunity to let your opponent make a mistake on a later round of betting (presumably the flop round.) He can't make any mistakes if he doesn't have to make any decisions. Paul Stine College Station, TX | ||
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