Re: NL: Why the hate on short buy-ins?
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From my experience, I find that those who buy in short play much tighter.
Also, I think people are hatin on short buy-in people is because they seem to like to hit n run. At least when I hit n run, I buy in for half of the max. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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If a person is going to play a proper short-stack strategy, hitting and running is logical. The whole idea is to make post-flop decisions easy and to negate the implied odds of better opponents. Once you double and have something resembling a medium stack, you no longer have the ability to raise strong pre-flop ---> move in post-flop without giving your opponents the ability to call profitable pre-flop with hands like medium pairs hoping to bust you with a set.
Basically, if your game is to minimize your mistakes by playing NL pre-flop, then leaving once you stack-up is essential, otherwise you will simply negate your advantage.
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