Today’s archive review focuses on adjusting your strategy to changing game conditions. Some of the articles talk about adjusting to the differences between full ring and 6-max, and some talk about adjusting your strategy in light of new information from seeing your opponents play. Both limit and no-limit are covered …Login/Register for more.

The short stack strategy for no-limit hold ‘em is always a controversial topic. Whether you love it or hate it, though, it’s important to understand what makes it tick. So here are a few of my old articles about playing a short stacked in no-limit.

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In this hand, Shrike flops a set and plays it in a very typical way. He’s concerned he didn’t get the most out of the hand.
Flopping top set on a relatively dry board. Full ring LHE game online.
Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BB with T T
4 folds, MP3 Q&A #70: Playing A Flopped [...]

If one of your opponents raises preflop, the natural inclination is to check the flop to the preflop raiser. The raiser is marked with a strong hand, so you might fear that you’re behind. The raiser is also likely to bet whether he hit the flop or not. Often you Q&A #52: Betting into a [...]

Playing with a short stack requires something of a different mindset than playing deep. Ace-King might change more than any other hand when you switch between short stacks and deep ones. It has two major properties: it’s very rarely dominated, and it’s a Q&A #51: Short Stack Ace-King in the Blinds|164|3.95|USD|| “top pair” [...]

This is Part 2 of a series on playing no limit hold ‘em cash games with a short stack (approximately 20 times the big blind). To get up to speed, you should read the no limit section of my book Getting Short Stack Strategy - Part 2: Flat Calling Preflop|154|3.95|USD|| Started in Hold [...]

Chris asks,
Villian is 80/38/2.38
Will raise garbage preflop, bet with nothing, call with nothing, raise with nothing on any street. He is exceptionally aggressive on the river, stealing pots with huge overbets.
Is this good, bad or ugly. He will call huge bets with Q&A #44: Big Draw Against a Maniac|138|3.95|USD|| marginal hands.
Party Poker No-Limit [...]

Many players struggle needlessly with shorthanded play. This column will dispel a myth about shorthanded play and then address a common mistake people make when the game goes short.
“In shorthanded games you pay the blinds more often, so you have to play more hands to compensate.”
“ Playing in a shorthanded Preflop Play in Shorthanded Games|25|3.95|USD|| [...]