Why so many shortstacks?

[Petomane]

I'm a recent convert from limit to NL full.

Why do so many players sit down with $5,6,7 dollars? What is the thinking behind this?

[flo]

No thinking, that's why poker in small stakes is so easy.

[testaaja]

I think that they don't think and that's the reason.

[luke4130]

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Why do so many players sit down with $5,6,7 dollars? What is the thinking behind this?

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Essentially to irritate the big stacks.

In all seriousness though, its a reasonable strategy for weaker players, less tough decisions to make postflop and often big stacks get way too aggressive with them. I know i do all the time. Some good players play shortstacked but generally only as short as 30bb or so.

[terp]

i hate them

[Gelford]

Baring a few players using a Ed Miller style shortstack strategy it is mostly weakplayers with small backroll looking to gamble a bit.

My girlfriend for one quickly realized that NL cash was very dangerous, so she quickly devised a system of taking 5$ to a 0.25 table and gambool without the risk of losing much.

[dazraf69]

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i hate them

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meks it easy for them to go all in. (no hard decisions) oh and by the way..............I HATE THEM!!!!! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[los_toros]

whatever ... they usually ship it

[SamuraiDuck]

The 6max tables are worse than the FR tables for shortstacks imo.

[jafeather]

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whatever ... they usually ship it

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