Avoiding short stacks

[Brocken]

I've got to the point where I'm trying to avoid short stacks at all costs unless I've got a monster hand preflop. Say someone with 20bb raises it up to 4bb and it comes round to me in CO and I have AQo I'd most likely just fold it because I don't want to get involved in a hand were the most I can win is 20bb. I'd probably even fold AKo because whenever I 3bet a short stack they always end up all in with a high pocket pair.

Is this something I shouldn't be doing, or something I should be doing but maybe not so extremely?

Heh, as I'm typing this I 3bet someone with AKs who has 25bb and he actually calls instead of raising all-in and then, omg, actually folds during the hand with only about 10bb behind.

[thac]

Their range is a bunch wider than AQo, 3-bet and get all-in. It adds volatility but you're ahead so often here.

[Brocken]

Would it be a bit extreme to just push all in when there's only myself and the shortstack still in the pot preflop with any good hands?

[thac]

It can't hurt if you're in the BB and they raise. They'll call a LOT lighter than you think.

[Brocken]

Play them at their own all-in game.. I like it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[TheChad]

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Would it be a bit extreme to just push all in when there's only myself and the shortstack still in the pot preflop with any good hands?

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not at all. I punish the [censored] out of them for trying to short-stack in my game. I'm the only one allowed to do that.