50 BB Short Stack Strategy

[SilentThunder]

I'm making the transition from limit to no limit and want to test out Ed Miller's short stack strategy. He's advocating a 25 BB or less buy in for your short stack. The microlimits I'm playing at require a 50 BB buy in minimum. Relative to the rest of the table I'll still be a short stack. Relative to the BB I'm twice as big as is advocated for the strategy.

I can see this will require me to make more decisions on the later streets which has it's benefits and disadvantages. How much of the short stack strategy is dependent on your stack size relative to the size of the BB vs. your stack size relative to the size of your opponents' stacks? Is a 50 BB short stack strategy viable when your opponents are in the 50 to 250 BB buy in range?

[kerk]

practise 100 BB stratagy imo

[Profish2285]

Dont waste your time learning to short stack. Just learn 100 bb play, its infinitely more profitable if played correctly. Not to mention you look like a tool for short stacking micros and everyone is going to hate you because short stackers kill games.

[ICMoney]

There is still post flop play with 50bb and you will need to play flop/turn.

All the advice on 2p2/CardRunners is for 100bb.

Why not actually try to learn poker right from the start instead of unlearning bad habits.

50bb will prob having you always stacking off with TP.

You need to learn when to fold these hands.

Just start playing 100bb at 2nl, 10nl or w/e.

Download the 2p2 vids (over 80), read the SSNL digest posts and start pwning.

[ICMoney]

I started typing my reply when no one responded yet.

Great minds think alike.

[RelaxedPrecision]

Short stack strategy is a total waste of ur time. When u get better at poker u'll understand. For now, just obey.

[gregorio]

What site has min buyin of 50BB. I would love to find that.

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How much of the short stack strategy is dependent on your stack size relative to the size of the BB vs. your stack size relative to the size of your opponents' stacks? Is a 50 BB short stack strategy viable when your opponents are in the 50 to 250 BB buy in range?

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If you have 50BB stack, then you play the same whether your opponent has 51BB or 501BB. The size of the smaller stack is all that matters. If you are 3-way, then you can exploit the fact that your opponents have to play against your small stack and a larger stack. It matters to them. But the effective stacks you are playing against are always only 50BB, so their stack size has no effect on you, assuming they are 50+BB.

[kerk]

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Short stack strategy is a total waste of ur time. When u get better at poker u'll understand. For now, just obey.

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lol

[vixticator]

Everyone hates shortstackers but I gotta admit it's tempting to play at certain tables, think you would run over decent regs and tilt the [censored] out of them doing it. Now I haven't done it but a well played short stack is borderline indefensible. Fortunately no one at micros knows how to do it. I suggest also learning deep play and maybe go bother the 200nl+ regs with this when/if you get there, lol.

[doppelganger]

Read this and then just pick a limit where you feel comfortable losing five or six buyins as you get a feel for the game.

Short stacking will teach you nothing and the variance is so obnoxious you won't even know if it's winning you money for thousands of hands.