Ethics of Shortstacking the 2k

[stigmata]

To answer your original question: Whatever, it's poker. As long as it's allowed in the rules, then it's ethical. If people don't like it then that's their problem, and they need to petition Party with strong arguments to get the rules changed.

[soko]

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Never played anything near that limit so can't comment on that level.

I depsize when players come to the 100NL table with $20. Then preflop fold, fold, fold, ....... ALL-IN. Fold ..... ALL-IN.
You've raised up your AK, got one caller, then some short stacked jackass in the blinds always wants to make it a race of it with his 55. I guess they prefer poker over bingo.

But I put the blame solely on the poker site. The buy in limits should be 50-100BB. Mabey minimum 40x bb.

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This especially sucks when you have him dominated like when you're holding a bigger pocket pair, ya know? I hate when people push with garbage, let me just keep winning the blinds!!

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[UATrewqaz]

It's ethical. I have read the shortstacked strategy in GSIH and basically Miller argues that someone could NL cash games are inherently "flawed" because there is no real way for a good player to overcome someone using such a strategy.

[PocketElevens]

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Never played anything near that limit so can't comment on that level.

I depsize when players come to the 100NL table with $20. Then preflop fold, fold, fold, ....... ALL-IN. Fold ..... ALL-IN.
You've raised up your AK, got one caller, then some short stacked jackass in the blinds always wants to make it a race of it with his 55. I guess they prefer poker over bingo.

But I put the blame solely on the poker site. The buy in limits should be 50-100BB. Mabey minimum 40x bb.

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This especially sucks when you have him dominated like when you're holding a bigger pocket pair, ya know? I hate when people push with garbage, let me just keep winning the blinds!!

(sarcasm)

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completely misread what I was saying.

Of course I would like the situation you suggested. Who wouldn't?

[NMcNasty]

I don't consider choosing how much you buyin to be unethical at all, and I don't consider quitting after doubling up and then buying back in again short to be unethical either. I just consider it to be silly. About 75% of my profit from the 2k games just comes from flopping a set and then stacking some donk who calls me with an overpair. Short stack players are completely missing out on all that profit just because they can get AQ and 99 to call their allin raises every once in a while.

[Reef]

55 is a favorite HU all in preflop vs. AK. that is all. And no, I think short stacks are weak and unskilled.

[Ness]

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55 is a favorite HU all in preflop vs. AK. that is all. And no, I think short stacks are weak and unskilled.

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This can be a costly assumption.

[ahnuld]

you must hate jews and blacks too no? jk

But I think there is alot of money to be made at the 2k tables doing this.

[Reef]

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55 is a favorite HU all in preflop vs. AK. that is all. And no, I think short stacks are weak and unskilled.

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This can be a costly assumption.

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I'm not advocating pushing small pp's pf. Just making a statement of fact

[Reef]

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But I think there is alot of money to be made at the 2k tables doing this.

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even more to be made playing with a full stack IMO