Re: shorthanded sit\'n\'go play
In general as the number of players goes down so do your starting hand requirements. The hands that you posted show what can happen if you just sit and wait for good hands.
The Razz hands that you posted:
#2 Raise
#7 Call and hope he bricks and you catch, if not then fold
#11 Raise
If I remember correctly, in Razz you will catch 3 unpaired cards 8 or less only about 16% of the time. Razz is the easiest game to steal since a low board will scare off many opponents. When you are down to only a few players the odds are they are raising with what in a full ring game would be marginal hands.
I also have a hard time when playing short handed stud.
In stud 8, when short handed, the value of high hands goes way up and the value of low hands that need to catch goes way down. Many of these hands are won on 4th or 5th when a player going low catches bad and you are betting a high hand.
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