Quote Originally Posted by meeloche
I don't understand how you go from one of the bigger winners at your limit to deciding to short stack?
You make it sound like I caught some sort of disease. Shortstackers are people too!

I tell you one of the things that's great about being a short stack player. You're rarely ever left wondering "what if?" To me, I hate making the wrong decision in a hand.

I played some fullstack tonight. In one hand, I 3-bet QQ on the button a little over 100bb deep versus an early position raiser and a coldcaller. I believe the play is fairly +EV with oftentimes me taking down the whole pot uncontested. I know the coldcaller, but the initial raiser I'm not familiar with. He 4-bets when the action gets back to him and I go from happy to sad, and fold.

With a short stack, I don't have to worry about it. At that point, I'm already committed (or all in, depending on stack size). It's very easing on the mind. Like I say, I don't like making bad decisions, and a lot of times I hate having that "well, what if" lingering in the back of my mind. What if sucks.

Is there bigger money to be made on the turn and river versus less competent players? Sure. Is there money to be made playing deep versus idiots? Yes. Just because you play shortstack doesn't mean you can't play deep, buy in for more money, and adjust accordingly.

It's a different skill set, in my opinion. In FR, let's face it, the majority of players are just waiting on a set to crack somebody's overpair, or some other cooler situation. Shortstacking can't do that. You have to find hands that you perceive to be ahead of other's ranges, situations where you think players are calling lightly or lighter preflop and you can squeeze money out of them. It's somewhat like playing MTT's, I guess...rebuy MTTs