tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127556495260200365.post9077477350494764690..comments2023-10-05T11:00:39.257-05:00Comments on Lair of Lucypher: Confessions of a Short Stacker, Part 3 - the ConclusionLucypherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12035458704217651211noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127556495260200365.post-79993375916178110142008-05-14T13:38:00.000-05:002008-05-14T13:38:00.000-05:00Thanks for these posts. I often buy in short at l...Thanks for these posts. I often buy in short at lower stakes with a goal to get to a certain point (sort of a game to keep my interest). One thing I didn't see you discuss which I am fairly consistent with is that I will top off my stack if I find I'm at an action table or there are a couple monster stacks that I have some handle on. I want to be able to maximize my return with an edge.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10777389833765857820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127556495260200365.post-45905831973849636082008-05-13T16:49:00.000-05:002008-05-13T16:49:00.000-05:00Lucypher, I really enjoyed these posts, and it has...Lucypher, I really enjoyed these posts, and it has me thinking about experimenting with short stacks in the near future. Expect some pimpage coming your way.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the great work.Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831176156389777158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127556495260200365.post-67632635798756379662008-05-09T15:15:00.000-05:002008-05-09T15:15:00.000-05:00Guys, thanks for your comments. One additional be...Guys, thanks for your comments. One additional benefit I have not mentioned is that playing short stacked means I will be all in on many hands I play. Therefore, I get a lot more showdown data for Poker Tracker than I would playing with a bigger stack and winning before the showdown. If your opponents fold prior to showdown, you never really know exactly what hands they are playing.Lucypherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12035458704217651211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127556495260200365.post-34991499791931112642008-05-09T15:02:00.000-05:002008-05-09T15:02:00.000-05:00Poker is a much, much more beautiful game when you...Poker is a much, much more beautiful game when you can have multiple streets of postflop betting.<BR/><BR/>Yes, that can mean you have to work harder, but you can also make more money doing so.<BR/><BR/>So there are both aesthetic reasons and pragmatic ones to play medium or deep-stacked poker rather than short-stacked poker.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I have nothing against players who prefer to play short-stacked. I would simply prefer not to have them at my table, because it means I can't play my preferred type of game.Shrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404058806313927899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127556495260200365.post-57798967432326897582008-05-07T15:48:00.000-05:002008-05-07T15:48:00.000-05:00I don't dispute that short stacking can be an effe...I don't dispute that short stacking can be an effective and profitable way to play.<BR/>But I hate shortstackers at my table because they prevent me from playing the kind of poker I prefer. By playing for effective stacks of only 20BB, I have to stoop to their level.<BR/>That means playing fewer postflop pots and more pushmonkey preflop poker. It's simply a style I'd rather not play.Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181215527323378978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127556495260200365.post-38775811283251498652008-05-07T15:20:00.000-05:002008-05-07T15:20:00.000-05:00Good posts. Despite my name, I actually have been...Good posts. Despite my name, I actually have been doing much better lately at the PLO tables when I buy in for the max., although for a long while there I was short-stacking it. It's a popular strategy at the PLO tables -- I'd say there are always at least a couple at each full table. While some do quite well that way, I encounter a lot of folks who'll buy in short yet fail to push when it is obvious they should.<BR/><BR/>And yr right about that prejudice vs. short-stackers . . . just try to post a hand on 2+2 for analysis in which yr the shortie & see what happens . . . :)Short-Stacked Shamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10624814859771461595noreply@blogger.com