Buy in short to protect your bankroll!

[HoldEmNewby]

Pokey is full of [censored] everyone knows we only play SSNL to help train ourselves to play in the WSOP ME. By forcing yourself to play with a small stack we are trained to deal with those preassure filled fluctuation points where our stack is dwindling away and we need to find a spot to get it in. What a hater he just can't bare to see people improving themselves!

On the real good post. In all honestly we are here to learn the game. Playing short stacked stunts our growth because we are never forced to play poker (its bad enough we spend our time at SSNL playing NLHE against players who think the game is "go fish"). You can't learn the game short stacked. You don't need reads (beyond pf stats) and you don't need to think if you know you never have to make a decision beyond the flop.

Players at SSNL have one objective: the come up. Build a bankroll and get beyond the basics to become a winning MSNL player. Playing short stacked is counter productive to both these goals: it limits your winnings (its more +EV to play full stacked against SSNL donkeys) and you will never learn the skills needed to be a winning MSNL player if you never have to think.

Play full stacked, turn $500 into $12,000 (bankroll for $400NL) playing SSNL and pick up the skills needed to move up along the way.

ps> I'm sure there are players who have been able to move up and improve playing short stacked. That said the road less travelled is less travelled for a reason.