Hand #1: Villain is 18/6/1.2 over 90 hands. He has been very passive. This is a set all day right? Is there a better line to take or is this a standard waste of time hand to post? The reason I bet turn is because I picked up a lot of equity and am basically never folding now.. better to be the aggressor right?


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com


saw flop | saw showdown

MP3 ($27.65)
CO ($24.95)
FrigginNit (Button) ($53.20)
SB ($6.20)
BB ($30.20)
UTG ($27.75)
UTG+1 ($25)
MP1 ($25)
Hero (MP2) ($25.70)



Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A, J
3 folds, Hero bets $0.75, 2 folds, FrigginNit calls $0.75, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.85) 8, 3, 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.15, FrigginNit calls $1.15

Turn: ($4.15) J (2 players)
Hero bets $2.60, FrigginNit calls $2.60

River: ($9.35) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $4.90, FrigginNit raises to $27.25, Hero folds

Total pot: $19.15 | Rake: $0.90

Results:
FrigginNit didn't show
Outcome: FrigginNit won $18.25

Hand #2: Villain has played few hands but from the way he wears his hat, appears to be a shortstacking super donkey.

My question is combating shortstackers. Generally, do we cbet them? If we get shoved on after a cbet we are almost always getting the right price. Or do we just wait to hit before doing anything? This seems very exploitable. I am just confused on how anyone makes money short stacking.. he has no implied odds so can't really call with much preflop, and being a 1 more wonder preflop doesn't get value out of bigger hands.

Should I be raising more preflop? Should I cbet smaller if at all?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com



saw flop | saw showdown

POS Shortstacker (MP1) ($4.35)
MP2 ($26.65)
MP3 ($29.90)
CO ($25)
Button ($14.65)
SB ($22.45)
Hero (BB) ($25)
UTG ($25.60)
UTG+1 ($6.05)



Preflop: Hero is BB with A, K
2 folds, POS Shortstacker calls $0.25, 5 folds, Hero bets $1, POS Shortstacker calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.10) 7, 10, 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.30, POS Shortstacker calls $1.30

Turn: ($4.70) J (2 players)
Hero bets $2.95, POS Shortstacker calls $2.05 (All-In)

River: ($8.80) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $8.80 | Rake: $0.40

Results:
Hero had A, K (one pair, sixes).
POS Shortstacker had K, 2 (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: Hero won $8.40

I've seen plenty of short stacking guides. Anyone know of a guide on how to play against them?