[jeffnc]

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It's not the shortstacking, it's the ratholing/hit-n-running.

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Short stacking is all about ratholing and hit-n-running.

The only exception is if you buy in short, double through and then change your strategy for playing a medium stack.

But if you're going to do that, then just buy in for the max in the first place.

Sure, there could be BR reasons why you'd buy in short and then stay after you doublled up. But if you're playing at a level where you're properly rolled then just buy in for the max.

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That's what I said in the SSNL thread. Why be an expert at 20BB poker if you can't continue to play that way? I've never played in a casino where you could rathole, and even if you could get away with it, who wants to keep moving around all the time? It would work online, I don't really have a gripe with anyone doing it in their underwear if that's just how they feel like playing sometimes.