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LifeAquatic:

You confused the two issues. 1k is not a short stack at a 5/10 game. But 100k is a huge stack that will hold no added value when playing against a table with an average stack of 100BB. Either way you will have to adjust your play to the other players obv. If the guy with 100k stack is raising preflop to 200$ every other hand, yes, you won't be able to play your suited connectors and small pairs as often without the proper implied odds and pot odds. And you won't be able to play a good aggresive tricky game of poker. But you will be able to sit back and collect from a player who will be absolutely spewing chips on the table. Now, if he is playing regularly, with normal sized preflop raises etc. you will play him absolutely the same as a player who also has 1k, the effective stack size in play. His added 99k will be there to impress the ladies and tip the cocktail waitresses with.

And on the second issue, if you are short stacking at a table (which I don't do because I prefer to play deep stack poker), you won't be calling preflop raises looking to hit sets with PP's and straights/draws/two pair etc. with suited connectors. You'll have to employ a tight AGGRESIVE preflop strategy that won't often include cold calling preflop raises. You mentioned getting it allin preflop with AA vs 2or 3 people. Yes. you are not a huge favorite vs. the field. But you do have a significant edge and will still be making a very large profit in the long run in these situations. You aren't putting your entire roll on a short stack. On the contrary, you are putting a smaller fraction in than normal, and shouldn't mind reloading when your short term variance is running worse than your long term expectancy is.