To add to the discussion:

My mentor taught me the shortstack strategy for bonuswhoring. It was quite low variance and the focus was on TP or overpairs. It becomes -ev to call a shortstack's pfr, as a deepstack's implied odds go down. However many deepstacks with PPs just don't adjust. They still call your PFR when you have an overpair. With only 4 or 5x the pfr behind you are going to come out ahead.

It also becomes easier to slow play. An aggresive deepstack will many times try and steal a pot from a shortstack, and the shortstack can c/r ai with something like TPGK and double up. Aggressive deepstacks manytimes c-bet or steal with a draw, and thus many times the shortstack gets it all in while ahead.

Aggression beyond the occasional c-bet just doesnt pay for a shortstack. They have very little FE. The game becomes even more simple.

As stated earlier, the game is much easier as you never have to think about folding AA/tptk post flop. Its just a matter of how you are going to get AI with an opponent. Rarely do you have to think of advanced things such as flop texture.

Also you can play at higher levels and clear bigger bonuses. I was playing 50NL/100NL and making a small profit + bonus. I cleared a few thousand this way.

Somewhere along the way I read gabes blog and saw some real fun in poker, cracking aces. He just made 400$ with 62o?? How cool! A higher vpip = more fun, right??

If its that easy why dont I just go back to shortstacking??

Well, I have tried a couple of times, but my game has changed so much it doesnt work out to be profitable anymore. I think it pays as a shortstack to become be less aggressive, and I have gotten too aggressive to be profitable as a shortstack.