Quote Originally Posted by biondino
As for bluffing, well, a) the short stack may not have made a hand anyway, so your king or ace high could win the main pot
What's more likely to beat the shortstack: a mediocre hand or 2 mediocre hands?

Quote Originally Posted by biondino
b) if either you or the other guy don't have the cards to make a decent stab at winning, what the arse are you doing in the hand in the first place??
What you are doing is using the fact that YOU are not shortstacked to maximize your profit. i.e. for small risk you might hit w/your 87o and beat the poor guy who had to push w/ducks.

The flop comes 67J and opp bluffs w/her unimproved K4s? You lay down, assuming she beats a couple sevens, and short stack doubles up. Maybe knocks you and the other player out a bit later.