[[Phill]]

Ive yet to see a really good short stacker. By and large they are bad. The only negative they bring is a limit to what i can win, and an ability to kill side action by making big overbets.

You gotta love them some times though:

Ive cut out the suits and the other stacks, they dont make a difference. Its 5 handed here btw.

Seat 5: pablos48 ($45.65 in chips)
Seat 6: MisterDiceman ($443.60 in chips)

pablos48: Post SB $1.00
MisterDiceman: Post BB $2.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pablos48 [A A] him
Dealt to MisterDiceman [J J] me
Xaitra87: Call $2.00
paymefriday: Fold
PFish112: Call $2.00
pablos48: Call $1.00
MisterDiceman: Raise $10.00
Xaitra87: Fold
PFish112: Fold
pablos48: Allin $43.65
MisterDiceman: Call $33.65
*** FLOP *** [Q 6 Q]
*** TURN *** [8]
*** RIVER *** [5]

Lololol.

Fwiw, he hung around and gave me a chance to beat him:

Seat 5: pablos48 ($50.70 in chips) DEALER
Seat 6: MisterDiceman ($450.90 in chips)

MisterDiceman: Post SB $1.00
Mubbben: Post BB $2.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MisterDiceman [K K]
Dealt to pablos48 [10 10]
paymefriday: Fold
PFish112: Fold
pablos48: Call $2.00
MisterDiceman: Raise $8.00
Mubbben: Call $7.00
pablos48: Call $7.00
*** FLOP *** [J 8 2]
MisterDiceman: Bet $20.00
Mubbben: Call $20.00
pablos48: Allin $41.70
MisterDiceman: Raise $86.80
Mubbben: Fold
*** TURN *** [10]
*** RIVER *** [J]

Way it goes i guess.

My point, he played badly twice (see hand 1, if i have rags, check and someone else holds a Q, he busts that stack) - he doesnt even get away from his pocket pair with an over there.

Its all just variance. I have a loads of records of shortstackers who come sit down, play a couple of orbits, get it in bad and then leave.

I always assume shortstackers = fish, because 99% of the time they simply are.