Playing vs shortstacks...

Do you give these guys any respect? I pretty much have a complete disregard for chips when playing shortstacks and I'm ready to felt almost any pair against them. Is this bad?

***** Hand History for Game 4763828031 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, July 19, 19:29:53 ET 2006
Table Table 107954 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: jdinga ( $28.58 )
Seat 2: scania55 ( $47.07 )
Seat 3: scrubed ( $48.30 )
Seat 4: Keegbo ( $62.43 )
Seat 5: Nostrae ( $25.80 )
Seat 6: grandma772 ( $53.40 )
jdinga posts small blind [$0.25].
scania55 posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to grandma772 [ :Tc: :Th: ]
scrubed folds.
Keegbo raises [$1.75].
Nostrae folds.
grandma772 raises [$6].
>You have options at Table 108060 Table!.
jdinga calls [$5.75].
scania55 folds.
Keegbo calls [$4.25].
** Dealing Flop ** [ :Js:, :6h:, :2s: ]
jdinga bets [$5].
Keegbo folds.
grandma772 raises [$15].
>You have options at Table 108084 Table!.
jdinga is all-In.
grandma772 calls [$7.58].

***** Hand History for Game 4764490390 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, July 19, 20:59:46 ET 2006
Table Table 108071 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: BigMac1082 ( $61.70 )
Seat 6: JuicedUp5 ( $160.42 )
Seat 4: grandma772 ( $72.25 )
Seat 1: micksauce ( $48.75 )
Seat 2: Jplayin45 ( $37.35 )
Seat 3: BRBANDIT ( $20 )
micksauce posts small blind [$0.25].
BRBANDIT posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to grandma772 [ :Kc: :Ad: ]
>You have options at Table 109781 Table!.
grandma772 raises [$2].
BigMac1082 folds.
JuicedUp5 calls [$2].
micksauce folds.
BRBANDIT calls [$1.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ :Th:, :Ac:, :9h: ]
BRBANDIT bets [$0.50].
grandma772 raises [$5].
JuicedUp5 folds.
BRBANDIT raises [$11.83].
grandma772 raises [$14.66].
BRBANDIT is all-In.

This situation comes up pretty frequently...

***** Hand History for Game 4764195485 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, July 19, 20:17:22 ET 2006
Table Table 108041 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: im2sexy_ ( $97.75 )
Seat 2: Butter137 ( $98.62 )
Seat 3: littledote ( $20.47 )
Seat 4: grandma772 ( $50.95 )
Seat 6: nace1 ( $26.50 )
Seat 5: chapel115 ( $11.47 )
im2sexy_ posts small blind [$0.25].
Butter137 posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to grandma772 [ :As: :Kh: ]
littledote folds.
grandma772 raises [$2].
chapel115 calls [$2].
nace1 folds.
im2sexy_ folds.
Butter137 calls [$1.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ :6c:, :7s:, :2h: ]
>You have options at Table 109779 Table!.
Butter137 checks.
grandma772...

Shorties are tough to deal with sometimes - I have trouble with them because I don't respect them much like yourself.

Pot the last hand and call chapel's push. Other two I guess are fine.

My rule of thumb is if a shorty makes a bet and leaves not much behind they want a call. If they push, there is more of a chance they are bluffing.

1) I don't think you're ahead alot but I don't want to fold.

2) He'll flop AJ here alot.

3) Here I check, but ony because Butter is in the hand and what I don't want is to bet, have shorty push and then Butter call.

Without butter in the hand I just go all in

Hand 1: Fold

Hand 2: Standard

Hand 3: I usually would bet these raggedy flop here. You likely have the best hand. If it was J97 I'd definitely check.

Results -

Hand1: I guess I fold flop? Seems nitty but if you say so.
Hand2: Against a deeper stack I def get away from this hand.
Hand3: My thinking was that the shorty was going to push if checked to him regardless of his cards. If I push he only calls if he has a pair so I thought check/calling was best. After I called and he showed a pair I questioned it because he did bet like $9 into a $6 pot.

** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
grandma772 shows [ Tc, Th ] two pairs, jacks and tens.
jdinga shows [ Jh, 9h ] three of a kind, jacks.
jdinga wins $60.66 from the main pot with three of a kind, jacks.

** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
grandma772 shows [ Kc, Ad ] a pair of aces.
BRBANDIT shows [ Ah, 9c ] two pairs, aces and nines.
grandma772 wins $1.66 from side pot #1 with a pair of aces.
BRBANDIT wins $40.25 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and nines.

checks.
chapel115 is all-In.
>You have options at Table 109781 Table!.
Butter137 folds.
grandma772 calls [$9.47].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Th ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
>You have options at Table 109781 Table!.
grandma772 shows [ As, Kh ] a pair of sixes.
chapel115 shows [ Ac, 2c ] two pairs, sixes and twos.
chapel115 wins $23.94 from the main pot with two pairs, sixes and twos.
>You have options at Table 108101 Table!.

my poker mentor suggested that i play as shortstack so that i can better understand how it's played. i am going to post about my experience shortstacking in a few weeks, after i've had a chance to get as good as one can get at doing it.

i like these. i disrespect shortstacks up the wazoo.

I love you.

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Originally Posted by lambchopdc

I love you.

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I thought you were down money? :wink:

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Originally Posted by ItDepends

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Originally Posted by lambchopdc

I love you.

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I thought you were down money? :wink:

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Dikshit was sleeping yesterday morning :-)

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Am I missing something?

I don't know why, but your hands don't seem to be displaying properly for me. Oh well, hand 2 is clearly a bad beat as you only got dealt one hole card. Usually this is a fold for me, even against a shortstack.