By ShortStacker on May 15, 2008
Titan Poker, hand converted by the iPoker Converter at Talking-Poker
saw flop | saw showdown
Button ($7.93)
SB ($3.80)
BB Hero ($3.70)
UTG ($19.80)
UTG+1 ($16.64)
MP ($9.80)
MP ($2.27)
CO-1 CO-1 ($4.70)
CO CO ($4.00)
Preflop: Hero is in the BB with 5
8
4 folds, CO-1 calls 0.20, 2 folds, Hero checks.
Flop (0.50) K
8 5
Hero bets 0.40, CO-1 calls 0.40.
Turn (1.30) 7
Hero bets 1.00, CO-1 calls 1.00.
River (3.30) 6
Hero checks, CO-1 bets 2.20, Hero moves all-in for 2.10
Hero shows 5 8
CO-1 shows A T
CO-1 wins 7.60 with Flush (Diamonds) with Ace high
Should play check-fold on turn and river!
Posted in Poker Hands | Tagged Poker Hands, poker mistackes, sss, wrong play |
By ShortStacker on May 13, 2008
Very interesting post How to beat short stack players.
Advantages to Short stacking
Fold equity and Gap concept
Only have to play preflop and flop, no worries about what to do against scare cards etc on later streets
Opponents seldom have odds to chase draws
Full stacks who hate shorties and play badly against them
Disadvantages/mistakes from short stacking
No implied odds
Low ceiling to the amount won with monsters
Need to push with a wide range to be profitable
Short stacking is a limited game plan with no depth that tends to rely on mathematics and tight opponents who fold too much
High variance
From this I have derived three keys to victory against short stacks. They are:
1) Know your shorties. Not all short stacks play the same.
2) Effective stacks and pot odds. Know when you have to get it in with the worst of it.
3) Raise, raise, raise. To exploit shorties, the price of playing poker MUST go up.
Full post is here: How to Crash Short Stacks In Cash NL Texas Poker Game
Posted in Short Stack Strategy | Tagged cash games, crash short stack, poker blogs, texas holdem |
By ShortStacker on May 12, 2008
If you want to learn short stack strategy (or simply sss), you have 2 ways:
- Join Poker Strategy online poker school. Advantages: $150 start bankroll, not only sss strategy and not only no limit texas holdem. Disadvantages: limited poker rooms offer, too many players know how to play this version of sss, and there are too many sss players in prime time in popelar poker rooms.
- Self study using books and websites. For example this one http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/category/short-stack-strategy/
Posted in Short Stack Strategy | Tagged learn poker, nl th, no limit, pokerstrategy, Short Stack Strategy, sss, texas holdem |
