NLCASH: Opponents buying in short
 

I see a lot of people buying in short in my games. I always sit down with a full BI of $50 at Prima, but most of my opponents sit down with $15-$30.

Kind of a stupid question, but do they gain anything by doing this (other than annoying the hell out of me)? Are there any strategy adjustments I should make when playing shortstacks?

Thanks.

Re: NLCASH: Opponents buying in short
 

There are definite advantages to buying in short especially if there are better players than you at the table . If you're prone to tilting , then there is another reason to buy for the minimum . If you're the absolute best poker player and tilting is never an issue , then you should buy in for the maximum all the time .

Re: NLCASH: Opponents buying in short
 

I know several players who buy in short.

All of them do it for the same reason:

Fear of losing their stack.

So in their mind, going all in and losing means they lose less money. They're ignoring the upside of having a big stack and doubling up, they're just focused on the downside.

Generally these are people you can push around.

-Scott

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Thanks, jay and SoBe!

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I find that the players that buyin short in HU cash are usually horrible and might as well write you a check for 80% of their stack and save time. This was true for limit at least.

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Rumor has it that there is actually a "perfect" way to play shortstacked in a full ring game... I know this is a HU forum... but maybe there is a similar strategy that is hard to exploit using a short stacked...

Fact has it that even if there is said strategy... most people who buy in shortstacked will leave empty handed because they are donks.

~rob

Re: NLCASH: Opponents buying in short
 

there's a big advantage of playing short: people call ur all-in bets more often.
u join a nl50 cg with $12. after posting blinds 1 or 2 times u get a hand and raise to $2. 2 callers u hit, pot is 6.5 and u check-raise them all-in. u get called more often and by worser hands.

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there's a big advantage of playing short: people call ur all-in bets more often.
u join a nl50 cg with $12. after posting blinds 1 or 2 times u get a hand and raise to $2. 2 callers u hit, pot is 6.5 and u check-raise them all-in. u get called more often and by worser hands.

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Them? I'm talking about HU here.

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HAR HAR HAR HAR

~rob

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HAR HAR HAR HAR

~rob

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