Quote Originally Posted by Ultimate George
Jeff, do you have any posts on your short-stacking theory/technique? Point me in it's direction if you can, I'd like to check that out.


Thanks.
I don't have anything explaining the technique...basically, I try to play solid poker - perhaps pushing more often than I would with a big stack, but otherwise playing similarly. You have to be able to spot the players that are just pushing you around because of your stack size, and in the end, you can make that work for you instead of against you.

The theory is, quite simply, that I'm better than the people I'm playing against. As such, it's profitable to play against them. Because I buy in with a short stack, I can often double or triple my stack in a very short run of winning hands because people are more inclined to call the bets I'm making than at lower stakes. I've had many sessions in which I left with 5x+ my buy-in.

I'll post something more in depth about it at some point.