Hey everyone,

Been playing some SnG's ($5) on stars and am noticing a hole in my game.

I have no problem playing as the short stack, I isolate players and make them call my all-ins when I have the best of it. I can build back to mid/leader-ish stack most of the time.

(**For the purposes of this topic, I'm referring to 3 players especially, once your ITM and just want to go for it. However some tips for the bubble would be nice too**)

However once I get out of the danger zone, I find myself unsure how to place the aggro back onto the short stacks.
Hands I went all-in with when I was SS (short stack), I know have trouble playing.

I have read several of the SnG guides but want to isolate this specific aspect for discussion.

Do you simply target the short stacks with any (decent-ish) hand and target bets aimed at 3/4 their stack?
Bet the SS entire stack repeatedly and make them make do-or-die calls (at the risk of them being blinded away)

Let them enter flops and then raise for info and/or raise to put them on difficult decisions:

i.e. Simply raise to put them all-in if you have any semblance of a hand.
OR raise smaller to see where they stand (difficult read seeing they will often go all-in to represent the goods)


Advice please, is it just a matter of aggression and putting them on tournament-life decisions?
Or whittling them down with attrition?

cheers