buying in short at 25NL is weak - weak br is usually a sign of a weak player - I think the short stack ninja technique at higher levels are different stories - Do I give short stackers respect? No - If they are buying short for $7-10 absolutely not - Does that mean i play any 2 cards against them? NO - It means that I don't play drawing hands vs them cause i get no implied odds - I don't play small pairs for sizeable raises because they don't have squat to pay me off with when I hit - However, I will open push them with big cards and/or big hands....

then again, I find that they tend to stay away from me, not the other way around - Dominate the table, get up a couple buy ins...Then laugh your ass off when they are bitching about you hitting a gutshot draw on them because they only had $2 behind them....

bottom line is that they are easy money - don't make yourself easy money - A typical short stack is waiting to push in - Play with them when you have 10's+ and then raise them with anything decent when they try to limp in...they really are easy to play with - and even when they beat you it doesn't cost you much - be happy they are at your table...they are your prey