muddy, you will get a good bit of dissenting opinion, but i agree 100% with 95% of what you said. as you can see, andrew, i run about 18/9...give or take.

andrew, to add...play for his stack when you have the goods. bet about half of his measly $.35, or all of it depending on how short he is. but, respect their bets, raises, and such. they dont have a lot on the table, they know that, and they arent always bluffing. in fact, they arent always laying good odds to draw against.

another thing to add to your question would be to read Fnord's "half stacking approach." i'll link it at the bottom. read it to get "inside the head" of a short stacker, and play against that logic. but, bear in mind, that a lot of them havent got a clue about short stacking, buying in full, or poker for that matter. its just good fuel for you.

keep playing tightish. when i am up against a shorter stacked opponent, i will look at his bet size in relation to his stack size. sometimes its an indication of whether or not they are willing to go all the way with this hand.

if they lead out $.40 and only have $1 in their stack, they arent likely to fold. if you like your hand enough and think you are likely ahead, i like to push over for the extra $.60. its not like he's folding...but he may. and i would rather be the pusher than the pushee, if i am in any doubt.

notes help a ton. use that feature. some of those short stacks like to play draws...note them. some wont...note them, too.

bottom line, though, you are going to see variance at all levels of poker and against all stack sizes. sometimes you will have the best of them, sometimes you wont. sometimes your set will flop against a guy with $5 in his stack, sometimes it will be against that frustrating guy with the $.50. but, sometimes you will get your AA cracked by the shorty, too, and be glad for variance when that is the case.

Fnord's thread...

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...he-t62479.html

and another site out there that i found insightful to get into these guys heads...

http://www.donkeydevastation.com/sho...oker-strategy/

those will get you started. but, honestly, straight tight aggressive poker will take these guys down before long.