Interesting op Sasquatch.
Regarding variance garbage, I always end up throwing in the towel at cash games and return to tourneys/sngs where I can take a beat or two and still win the day, but that's my sissy side (or my winning obsessed side, not sure which).
Glad that april fools post was a sham - didn't catch it since I was reading it a few days late.
About the first hand, this guy isn't a regular short stacker then, since you say he'll shove 100bb on the river? In that case, why is he sitting with 17bbs pre??? Either way, you got a piece of the flop, I just shove right there. If he's got a strong Q or overpair, ah well, think it's still +EV since the pot is so much of his stack. Hadn't run it in stove, but that's what my gut says anyways.