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Barry Greenstein says he usually buys in for the minimum in the side games. See Ace on the River. Harrington says he played the short stack strategy outlined in Miller's GSIH book when he was starting out.

Part of poker is exploiting others mistakes. At NL, it is a mistake to ignore implied odds. So if someone wants to get involved with a short stack without proper values considering the lack of implied odds, that's a mistake that any player should have every right to exploit.

End of story.