Playing a Short Stack
January 19, 2008
The basic strategy to playing shorthanded is if you are stuck with a short stack, you need to take a lot of chances. This axiom is true of life itself, actually. When young, you feel as if you have nothing to lose but when you get older, you stop taking as many chances because you have realized the value of life.
Playing a Short Stack
When you have the chip lead, there is no reason to play loose. You must protect your chips, you’ve earned them and the risk is far too great to gamble. When you are short stacked, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Especially when the blinds are raising and the antes keep coming, that 2k in pot money is worth going all in for with Q9s.